---
type: "Bill"
title: "Price Gouging in Rent Declared Disaster"
description: "The act prohibits price gouging in the provision of or offer to provide rent-based housing during a disaster period and within the designated disaster area if the disaster declaration specifically declares a material decrease in residential housing units. A violation of the act is an unfair and unconscionable act or practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1259"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1259 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Brown", "Lisa Cutter", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97005ba2-9bb8-4f6d-815d-e191854f0024"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1259"
source_hash: "497d03d15efb6f1b146f661759819310ed68c94d13a7c91d2a3b0160bd59b1fb"
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 24-1259 (2024A) — Price Gouging in Rent Declared Disaster

The act prohibits price gouging in the provision of or offer to provide rent-based housing during a disaster period and within the designated disaster area if the disaster declaration specifically declares a material decrease in residential housing units. A violation of the act is an unfair and unconscionable act or practice.

## 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_hb1259_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1259_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1259_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **47–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–18** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **43–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/16/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/08/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/05/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+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/97005ba2-9bb8-4f6d-815d-e191854f0024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).