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| Bill | Access to Veterinary Care | The act requires the state board of veterinary medicine (board) to review and update the existing process by which an individual who has a license to practice veterinary medicine in another state may be licensed by endorsement to practice veterinary medicine in Colorado. The board shall adopt rules with the intent to expedite the licensure by endorsement process, including eliminating duplicative requirements and streamlining the pathway to licensure. The act clarifies that a veterinarian who administers, dispenses, distributes, or prescribes medicine to a patient in an emergency situation is not acting as a pharmacist or conducting the practice of pharmacy, and, as such, is not subject to discipline by the state board of pharmacy. The act relocates certain provisions specific to the practice of veterinary medicine from regulation by the state board of pharmacy to regulation under Colorado's veterinary practice act. Under current law, the board must approve a credentialing organization for the purpose of credentialing veterinary technicians, which credentialing organization must require the completion of an American Veterinary Medical Association accredited program for veterinary technicians. The act updates the requirement to require the completion of an accredited program for veterinary technicians offered by other associations. The act also establishes a veterinary prescription drug donation program. An owner of an animal may donate unused veterinary drugs that have been prescribed to the owner to a licensed veterinarian or an animal shelter. A licensed veterinarian may use any drugs accepted through donation if the veterinarian and drugs meet certain conditions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1198 | Colorado HB 1198 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1198 (2026A) — Access to Veterinary Care
The act requires the state board of veterinary medicine (board) to review and update the existing process by which an individual who has a license to practice veterinary medicine in another state may be licensed by endorsement to practice veterinary medicine in Colorado. The board shall adopt rules with the intent to expedite the licensure by endorsement process, including eliminating duplicative requirements and streamlining the pathway to licensure. The act clarifies that a veterinarian who administers, dispenses, distributes, or prescribes medicine to a patient in an emergency situation is not acting as a pharmacist or conducting the practice of pharmacy, and, as such, is not subject to discipline by the state board of pharmacy. The act relocates certain provisions specific to the practice of veterinary medicine from regulation by the state board of pharmacy to regulation under Colorado's veterinary practice act. Under current law, the board must approve a credentialing organization for the purpose of credentialing veterinary technicians, which credentialing organization must require the completion of an American Veterinary Medical Association accredited program for veterinary technicians. The act updates the requirement to require the completion of an accredited program for veterinary technicians offered by other associations. The act also establishes a veterinary prescription drug donation program. An owner of an animal may donate unused veterinary drugs that have been prescribed to the owner to a licensed veterinarian or an animal shelter. A licensed veterinarian may use any drugs accepted through donation if the veterinarian and drugs meet certain conditions.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.006 — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1198, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.004, as amended — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.005 — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1198, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · lower
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- K. McCormick — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — primary (person)
- T. Winter — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-04-29 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-04-23 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-22 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-02 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2026-04-01 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- 2026-03-31 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-30 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2026-03-25 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-03-12 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
introduction - 2026-03-09 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-06 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2026-03-05 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2026-03-02 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b79a535-0477-463c-b89c-34f434ae4420. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).