---
type: "Bill"
title: "Negligently Luring Bears"
description: "Under Colorado law, a person is guilty of a crime for placing food or edible waste in the open to lure a wild bear. The act:Lowers the mental state requirement from intention to knowingly placing the food or edible waste in the open in circumstances where there is a reasonable probability of luring a wild bear;Repeals the requirement that a first offense be given a warning; andRaises the fine for a third or subsequent offense from $2,000 to $5,000.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Colorado HB 1342 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources & Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Marchman", "K. Stewart", "M. Lukens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-27"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22b09a37-2f87-4897-bf31-02ea47b701eb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1342"
source_hash: "ec7c07a88eee578952940d47558fe300b51ef6b32afd5b3bb546408ae4291c52"
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 1342 (2026A) — Negligently Luring Bears

Under Colorado law, a person is guilty of a crime for placing food or edible waste in the open to lure a wild bear. The act:Lowers the mental state requirement from intention to knowingly placing the food or edible waste in the open in circumstances where there is a reasonable probability of luring a wild bear;Repeals the requirement that a first offense be given a warning; andRaises the fine for a third or subsequent offense from $2,000 to $5,000.(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/113812/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114987/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116511/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115080/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116120/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116032/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116747/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1342, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1342 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- K. Stewart — primary (person)
- M. Lukens — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-27** 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`
- **2026-05-08** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-05-05** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-30** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-04-15** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-13** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22b09a37-2f87-4897-bf31-02ea47b701eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).