---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secure Firearm Storage in a Vehicle"
description: "The act prohibits knowingly leaving a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless the handgun is stored in a locked hard-sided container that is placed out of plain view and the container is in a locked vehicle, the locked trunk of the locked vehicle, or a locked recreational vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1348"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1348 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Lorena García", "Rhonda Fields", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 18
first_action: "2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7228ef-7e85-4484-beb9-f1fd094aa00a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1348"
source_hash: "207e6971587ca5bf95ff86c1d8f8690292ae429aea798b9e51d1449d5773c66c"
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 24-1348 (2024A) — Secure Firearm Storage in a Vehicle

The act prohibits knowingly leaving a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless the handgun is stored in a locked hard-sided container that is placed out of plain view and the container is in a locked vehicle, the locked trunk of the locked vehicle, or a locked recreational vehicle.

## 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_hb1348_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1348_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1348_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **40–20** (pass) · lower
- 2nd COMM — **35–24** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **34–27** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **15–41** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **18–39** (fail) · lower
- AMEND — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **11–20** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **15–41** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **14–17** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **17–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADHERE — **17–17** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **15–42** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **44–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
- Lorena García — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Second Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/19/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7228ef-7e85-4484-beb9-f1fd094aa00a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).