---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gun Show Requirements"
description: "The act requires a gun show promoter to prepare a security plan and submit the security plan to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the gun show. The act places certain requirements on a gun show promoter, including requiring the promoter to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1238"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1238 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Jessie Danielson", "Junie Joseph", "Sean Camacho"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807d592b-ccc4-404f-8bbe-58baad26795e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1238"
source_hash: "3d66a73e3b9b2b7f627c45b81f066e2c2956cf36dfdc304475a952f627c3c9f7"
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 25-1238 (2025A) — Gun Show Requirements

The act requires a gun show promoter to prepare a security plan and submit the security plan to each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the gun show. The act places certain requirements on a gun show promoter, including requiring the promoter 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_hb1238_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1238_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1238_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **35–28** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- H.001 — **22–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–40** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **34–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Sean Camacho — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/24/2025 - No Amendments
- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807d592b-ccc4-404f-8bbe-58baad26795e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).