---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting Carrying Firearms in Sensitive Spaces"
description: "The act prohibits a person from knowingly carrying a firearm, both openly and concealed, in the following government buildings, including their adjacent parking areas:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-131"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-131 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Kyle Brown", "Mandy Lindsay", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f7b854-a68b-4be2-b656-538a9b5752cd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-131"
source_hash: "65933bdc4728663e809d1b3ee32bf75399031d0e4a7134797fc474bafb80f9fe"
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 SB 24-131 (2024A) — Prohibiting Carrying Firearms in Sensitive Spaces

The act prohibits a person from knowingly carrying a firearm, both openly and concealed, in the following government buildings, including their adjacent parking areas:

## 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_sb131_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_131_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_131_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **1–34** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **21–40** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **18–42** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/68f7b854-a68b-4be2-b656-538a9b5752cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).