---
type: "Bill"
title: "Affirm Greyhounds As Companion Pets"
description: "The act removes the exemption for greyhound breeders from the \"Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act\". By removing this language, greyhounds are elevated to a class of pet that is intended to be a companion pet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-167"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-167 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4227c50c-7854-478b-9e11-5fc0914d84bf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-167"
source_hash: "e84b9960ce50add27d8086cfcf2c30e28684d744fa53cdd1bddc30ab275dfe41"
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 22-167 (2022A) — Affirm Greyhounds As Companion Pets

The act removes the exemption for greyhound breeders from the "Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act". By removing this language, greyhounds are elevated to a class of pet that is intended to be a companion pet.

## 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/2022a_sb167_h_alw_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_167_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_167_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **55–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4227c50c-7854-478b-9e11-5fc0914d84bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).