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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protections for Veterans Seeking Benefits"
+description: "The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the \"Colorado Consumer Protection Act\" for a person who consults with, advises, or assists a veteran in connection with a claim for veterans' benefits (veterans' benefits matter) to:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "SB 25-282"
+citation: "Colorado SB 25-282 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Lisa Feret", "Matt Ball", "Ryan Armagost"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1ef239-5306-4ca0-a883-97ae1a107b44"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-282"
+source_hash: "7c6c49944f7560d3b340e1ef5f8856719fcca19a6e4e6c709421bccd6a5b312b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 25-282 (2025A) — Protections for Veterans Seeking Benefits
+
+The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" for a person who consults with, advises, or assists a veteran in connection with a claim for veterans' benefits (veterans' benefits matter) to:
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb282_h_sa_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (04/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_s_sa_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_282_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
+- Lisa Feret — primary (person)
+- Matt Ball — primary (person)
+- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
+- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
+- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
+- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1ef239-5306-4ca0-a883-97ae1a107b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+