republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1229.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Supporting the Human-Animal Bond	The act acknowledges the human-animal bond as a life-enhancing resource that impacts the length and quality of human life. The act authorizes the health disparities and community grant program (grant program) to award grants to entities that support the human-animal bond if the grant program is appropriated additional funds for that purpose by the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1229	Colorado HB 1229 (2026A)	bill	Health Care & Health Insurance Human Services Public Health	enacted	J. Amabile J. Rich L. Feret R. Taggart	7	12	4	2026-02-18	2026-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6e0fa858-2d4b-4a4b-95d9-36d9436adb9e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1229	47fdd056984b62aec8867733094d7bc76a7e1496d856b662480f541c30de6a55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1229 (2026A) — Supporting the Human-Animal Bond

The act acknowledges the human-animal bond as a life-enhancing resource that impacts the length and quality of human life. The act authorizes the health disparities and community grant program (grant program) to award grants to entities that support the human-animal bond if the grant program is appropriated additional funds for that purpose by the general assembly.(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.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 26-1229 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1229, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Rich — primary (person)
• L. Feret — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-08 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-09 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-08 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-04-02 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2026-03-13 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-12 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-03-10 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e0fa858-2d4b-4a4b-95d9-36d9436adb9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).