---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabilities Housing Protections"
description: "The act specifies relevant factors for assessing reasonable accommodations related to assistance animals that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing under the 'Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act'. Permitting an assistance animal is presumed to be a reasonable accommodation if a housing provider has been given an opportunity to engage in an interactive accommodation process with the individual requesting the accommodation. The act also:Defines 'reasonable accommodation', as it applies to discriminatory housing practices, as an exception or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing, including public and common-use spaces;Defines 'assistance animal' as an animal that does work, performs tasks, assists, or provides therapeutic emotional support to an individual with a disability. 'Assistance animal' includes emotional support animals and service animals.Defines 'emotional support animal' as an animal that provides solely emotional support to an individual to alleviate a symptom or an effect of a disability;Permits a housing provider to request reasonable documentation to support an individual's claim of disability or disability-related need for an assistance animal if the individual's disability or disability-related need is not obvious; andPermits a housing provider, when considering a reasonable accommodation request, to consider documented, specific conduct of an assistance animal that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or that causes substantial physical damage to property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "Colorado HB 1045 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Clifford", "C. Kipp", "J. Danielson", "Y. Zokaie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54210ce0-5fc4-4c06-94f2-ed5e34ca9b61"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1045"
source_hash: "38fb8b9702d58299d3a75c0b14f80d68e5af5bb14ef6ea481ab26145ab6e6af3"
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 1045 (2026A) — Disabilities Housing Protections

The act specifies relevant factors for assessing reasonable accommodations related to assistance animals that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing under the 'Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act'. Permitting an assistance animal is presumed to be a reasonable accommodation if a housing provider has been given an opportunity to engage in an interactive accommodation process with the individual requesting the accommodation. The act also:Defines 'reasonable accommodation', as it applies to discriminatory housing practices, as an exception or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing, including public and common-use spaces;Defines 'assistance animal' as an animal that does work, performs tasks, assists, or provides therapeutic emotional support to an individual with a disability. 'Assistance animal' includes emotional support animals and service animals.Defines 'emotional support animal' as an animal that provides solely emotional support to an individual to alleviate a symptom or an effect of a disability;Permits a housing provider to request reasonable documentation to support an individual's claim of disability or disability-related need for an assistance animal if the individual's disability or disability-related need is not obvious; andPermits a housing provider, when considering a reasonable accommodation request, to consider documented, specific conduct of an assistance animal that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or that causes substantial physical damage to property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110795/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111124/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116513/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111243/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114556/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114494/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116808/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1045, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.004 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1045 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Clifford — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — primary (person)
- J. Danielson — primary (person)
- Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-28** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-02** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-01-30** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-01-27** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/54210ce0-5fc4-4c06-94f2-ed5e34ca9b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).