The act specifies relevant factors for assessing reasonable accommodations related to assistance animals that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing under the 'Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act'. Permitting an assistance animal is presumed to be a reasonable accommodation if a housing provider has been given an opportunity to engage in an interactive accommodation process with the individual requesting the accommodation. The act also:Defines 'reasonable accommodation', as it applies to discriminatory housing practices, as an exception or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing, including public and common-use spaces;Defines 'assistance animal' as an animal that does work, performs tasks, assists, or provides therapeutic emotional support to an individual with a disability. 'Assistance animal' includes emotional support animals and service animals.Defines 'emotional support animal' as an animal that provides solely emotional support to an individual to alleviate a symptom or an effect of a disability;Permits a housing provider to request reasonable documentation to support an individual's claim of disability or disability-related need for an assistance animal if the individual's disability or disability-related need is not obvious; andPermits a housing provider, when considering a reasonable accommodation request, to consider documented, specific conduct of an assistance animal that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or that causes substantial physical damage to property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act specifies relevant factors for assessing reasonable accommodations related to assistance animals that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing under the 'Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act'. Permitting an assistance animal is presumed to be a reasonable accommodation if a housing provider has been given an opportunity to engage in an interactive accommodation process with the individual requesting the accommodation. The act also:Defines 'reasonable accommodation', as it applies to discriminatory housing practices, as an exception or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing, including public and common-use spaces;Defines 'assistance animal' as an animal that does work, performs tasks, assists, or provides therapeutic emotional support to an individual with a disability. 'Assistance animal' includes emotional support animals and service animals.Defines 'emotional support animal' as an animal that provides solely emotional support to an individual to alleviate a symptom or an effect of a disability;Permits a housing provider to request reasonable documentation to support an individual's claim of disability or disability-related need for an assistance animal if the individual's disability or disability-related need is not obvious; andPermits a housing provider, when considering a reasonable accommodation request, to consider documented, specific conduct of an assistance animal that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or that causes substantial physical damage to property.(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.
Refer House Bill 26-1045, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
Adopt amendment L.004 — fail (fail) · lower
Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · lower
BILL — pass (pass) · lower
Refer House Bill 26-1045 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
C. Clifford — primary (person)
C. Kipp — primary (person)
J. Danielson — primary (person)
Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
L. García — cosponsor (person)
M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
T. Story — 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
2026-04-14 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-04-13 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
2026-04-09 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
2026-02-06 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing introduction
2026-02-04 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-02-03 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-02-02 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-01-30 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-01-27 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
2026-01-14 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54210ce0-5fc4-4c06-94f2-ed5e34ca9b61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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