republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-045.md

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Bill	Modifications to Sterilization Requirements for Cats & Dogs	The "Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act" prohibits any animal shelter or pet animal rescue (facility) from releasing a dog or cat to a prospective owner unless the animal has been sterilized, except in cases in which sterilization would jeopardize the life or health of the dog or cat. A facility in an area with limited access to licensed veterinarians may be granted an exemption from the sterilization requirement by the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner). The act:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	SB 24-045	Colorado SB 24-045 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Larry Liston Manny Rutinel Rick Taggart	9	14	4	2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00	2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7be7300f-6f68-460c-a36a-3c0535833550	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-045	a44c739a3ea6876f8ea2c144fb44ef18d498f0023ae19661d80bcf506036133e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 24-045 (2024A) — Modifications to Sterilization Requirements for Cats & Dogs

The "Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act" prohibits any animal shelter or pet animal rescue (facility) from releasing a dog or cat to a prospective owner unless the animal has been sterilized, except in cases in which sterilization would jeopardize the life or health of the dog or cat. A facility in an area with limited access to licensed veterinarians may be granted an exemption from the sterilization requirement by the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner). The act:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/11/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/27/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (02/29/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (02/28/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/13/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 56–7 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 26–7 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 32–1 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 30–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Larry Liston — primary (person)
• Manny Rutinel — primary (person)
• Rick Taggart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction
• 2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7be7300f-6f68-460c-a36a-3c0535833550. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).