---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet Animal Ownership In Housing"
description: "The act prohibits insurers from denying a homeowner's insurance policy or a dwelling fire insurance policy or increasing the premium for such a policy based on the breed or mixture of breeds of dog that resides at the insured dwelling, while allowing denial if a specific individual dog is a dangerous dog. Insurers are also prohibited from asking or otherwise inquiring about the specific breed or mixture of breeds of dog kept at a dwelling except to ask if the dog is known to be or has been declared a dangerous dog. For purposes of these provisions, a dwelling includes a dwelling unit that is a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by a tenant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1068"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1068 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Faith Winter", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcf7734c-6124-4a15-a591-7b74f0d2c28a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1068"
source_hash: "d23ab8c8b91ba3c52d44ff86b8b1f1e60415003e2985d8f9cd0d42ed77053f3b"
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 23-1068 (2023A) — Pet Animal Ownership In Housing

The act prohibits insurers from denying a homeowner's insurance policy or a dwelling fire insurance policy or increasing the premium for such a policy based on the breed or mixture of breeds of dog that resides at the insured dwelling, while allowing denial if a specific individual dog is a dangerous dog. Insurers are also prohibited from asking or otherwise inquiring about the specific breed or mixture of breeds of dog kept at a dwelling except to ask if the dog is known to be or has been declared a dangerous dog. For purposes of these provisions, a dwelling includes a dwelling unit that is a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by a tenant.

## 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/2023a_hb1068_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1068_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1068_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- PERM — **50–9** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **51–8** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **55–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcf7734c-6124-4a15-a591-7b74f0d2c28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).