---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Technician Scope of Practice"
description: "On or before September 1, 2025, the board of veterinary medicine (board) is required to promulgate rules establishing certain tasks that a licensed veterinarian may delegate to veterinary technicians and veterinary technician specialists and the recommended level of supervision for the tasks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1047"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1047 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Dylan Roberts", "Karen McCormick", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ef6486-f493-44f1-928e-a205bc0c5284"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1047"
source_hash: "f7e0a2e3ba0f506a90f55a972df62b063950a3aa4f49c95071ba85055ffdad5b"
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 24-1047 (2024A) — Veterinary Technician Scope of Practice

On or before September 1, 2025, the board of veterinary medicine (board) is required to promulgate rules establishing certain tasks that a licensed veterinarian may delegate to veterinary technicians and veterinary technician specialists and the recommended level of supervision for the tasks.

## 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/2024a_hb1047_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_h_awn_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1047_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1047_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ef6486-f493-44f1-928e-a205bc0c5284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).