republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-135.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Certain Animals In Traveling Animal Act"
description: "The act creates the \"Traveling Animal Protection Act\" (Act), which prohibits a person from causing the performance of specified animals, such as whales, dolphins, wild cats, marsupials, nonhuman primates, rhinoceroses, seals, elephants, large birds, penguins, and bears, in a traveling animal act. The Act exempts the use of livestock and alternative livestock.The Act also exempts the use of the specified animals by or at:Wildlife sanctuaries;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-135"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-135 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Meg Froelich", "Monica Duran", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8edb3a-8519-4e95-b347-53506a83454e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-135"
source_hash: "7caaefa33044705c9176f90e03d080cfa37dc93cb5e4f0562dfd4556aa149a89"
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 SB 21-135 (2021A) — Prohibit Certain Animals In Traveling Animal Act

The act creates the "Traveling Animal Protection Act" (Act), which prohibits a person from causing the performance of specified animals, such as whales, dolphins, wild cats, marsupials, nonhuman primates, rhinoceroses, seals, elephants, large birds, penguins, and bears, in a traveling animal act. The Act exempts the use of livestock and alternative livestock.The Act also exempts the use of the specified animals by or at:Wildlife sanctuaries;

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_clsb135_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135sagr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135alw_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_135_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_135_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **40–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **39–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc8edb3a-8519-4e95-b347-53506a83454e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).