---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protections for Veterans Seeking Benefits"
description: "The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the \"Colorado Consumer Protection Act\" for a person who consults with, advises, or assists a veteran in connection with a claim for veterans' benefits (veterans' benefits matter) to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-282"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-282 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Lisa Feret", "Matt Ball", "Ryan Armagost"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1ef239-5306-4ca0-a883-97ae1a107b44"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-282"
source_hash: "7c6c49944f7560d3b340e1ef5f8856719fcca19a6e4e6c709421bccd6a5b312b"
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 25-282 (2025A) — Protections for Veterans Seeking Benefits

The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" for a person who consults with, advises, or assists a veteran in connection with a claim for veterans' benefits (veterans' benefits matter) to:

## 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/2025a_sb282_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_282_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_282_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Lisa Feret — primary (person)
- Matt Ball — primary (person)
- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1ef239-5306-4ca0-a883-97ae1a107b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).