---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Pharmaceutical Compounding Animal Patient"
description: "House Bill 16-1324 allowed a veterinarian to maintain an office stock of compounded drugs, which are drugs that are combined, mixed, or otherwise altered to create a specific drug or formulation, for later distribution or administration to animal patients. The bill defines 'food animal' and sets forth the limited circumstances under which a veterinarian may administer or dispense a compounded drug obtained from a prescription drug outlet for a food animal. The bill further clarifies that references to 'patient' set forth in House Bill 16-1324 refer to an 'animal patient'."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1274"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1274 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Randy Baumgardner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5a27c97-24da-4bf5-90e3-1dfd0b2a1d9b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1274"
source_hash: "e6ba2dea097fe93f7a9c5b91780a642d337b1db2d7fdd66890182ed931fbac4a"
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 HB 17-1274 (2017A) — Veterinary Pharmaceutical Compounding Animal Patient

House Bill 16-1324 allowed a veterinarian to maintain an office stock of compounded drugs, which are drugs that are combined, mixed, or otherwise altered to create a specific drug or formulation, for later distribution or administration to animal patients. The bill defines 'food animal' and sets forth the limited circumstances under which a veterinarian may administer or dispense a compounded drug obtained from a prescription drug outlet for a food animal. The bill further clarifies that references to 'patient' set forth in House Bill 16-1324 refer to an 'animal patient'.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_agr_2017a_20170403t133734z1__hearing_summary/170403%20AttachH.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_sa_2017a_20170501t133750z0__hearing_summary/17SenateState0501AttachA.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1274_s_sa_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (03/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274agr_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (05/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274ssa_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1274_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1274, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0, with 1 member excused. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1274, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Randy Baumgardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5a27c97-24da-4bf5-90e3-1dfd0b2a1d9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).