---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wild Horse License Plate"
description: "The act creates the wild horse special license plate. To qualify for the plate, a person must make a donation of $100 to the wild horse fund until June 30, 2028, or a donation of $50 to the wild horse fund on and after July 1, 2028, and make an annual donation of $50 to the wild horse fund to renew the plate. In addition to the normal taxes and fees, the owner must pay 2 one-time fees of $25 on and after July 1, 2028. To implement the act, $143,412 is appropriated to the department of revenue. This appropriation consists of $22,337 from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account and $121,075 from the license plate cash fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1306"
citation: "Colorado HB 1306 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Natural Resources & Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Kipp", "L. Suckla", "M. Duran"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aacf1a5c-c2ea-434c-988e-2218342a80ef"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1306"
source_hash: "3e8031a08c6ab5dea2dab889c69524ec3c04cc3ef84583ec002e2f835529a0c0"
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 1306 (2026A) — Wild Horse License Plate

The act creates the wild horse special license plate. To qualify for the plate, a person must make a donation of $100 to the wild horse fund until June 30, 2028, or a donation of $50 to the wild horse fund on and after July 1, 2028, and make an annual donation of $50 to the wild horse fund to renew the plate. In addition to the normal taxes and fees, the owner must pay 2 one-time fees of $25 on and after July 1, 2028. To implement the act, $143,412 is appropriated to the department of revenue. This appropriation consists of $22,337 from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account and $121,075 from the license plate cash fund.(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/112700/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115315/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116497/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115373/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116446/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116332/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116793/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.007 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment J.002 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1306, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1306, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1306 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment D) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1306, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Kipp — primary (person)
- L. Suckla — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — 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`
- **2026-05-13** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-12** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-05-11** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-30** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-24** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aacf1a5c-c2ea-434c-988e-2218342a80ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).