---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care Of Dogs And Cats In Pet Animal Facilities"
description: "The act requires each animal shelter and pet animal rescue to:Provide each dog and cat held in its custody with timely veterinary care to address and prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable pain and suffering; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1160"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1160 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Joann Ginal", "Matt Soper", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f0b612-48d6-4605-8270-2e250d65b07a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1160"
source_hash: "b49486155324fe28291c14ba1763746cebda28aa487742639a88c966f8a825dc"
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 21-1160 (2021A) — Care Of Dogs And Cats In Pet Animal Facilities

The act requires each animal shelter and pet animal rescue to:Provide each dog and cat held in its custody with timely veterinary care to address and prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable pain and suffering; and

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1160_h_alw_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160sagr_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1160_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1160_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **37–25** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **42–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18f0b612-48d6-4605-8270-2e250d65b07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).