---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dogs On Restaurant Patios"
description: "The act authorizes a retail food establishment to allow a person to bring a pet dog to an outdoor dining area if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-078"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-078 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Kerry Donovan", "Patrick Neville"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92584c7a-991d-463e-827e-dc3b92cd9553"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-078"
source_hash: "ebd401dc32af84ead76bf0d4f3201f23c7351b5a9eaadba33404ebae07d26e46"
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 20-078 (2020A) — Dogs On Restaurant Patios

The act authorizes a retail food establishment to allow a person to bring a pet dog to an outdoor dining area if:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb078_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_rev.pdf)
9. **Revised (2) (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_078_rv2.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_078_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **49–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **17–16** (pass) · upper
- ADHERE — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- RECEDE — **39–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Patrick Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Adherence - Result was to Recede
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Adhere
- **2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Re-referred to House Committee of the Whole - No Amendments `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92584c7a-991d-463e-827e-dc3b92cd9553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).