republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1349.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms & Ammunition Excise Tax"
description: "The act refers a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2024 general election for approval of a 6.5% excise tax on the net taxable sales of firearm dealers, firearms manufacturers, and ammunition vendors (vendors) from the retail sale of any firearm, firearm precursor part, or ammunition in Colorado. The ballot issue allows the state to keep and spend all new excise tax revenue, as a voter-approved revenue change, and specifies that the revenue, estimated at $39 million in the first fiscal year, will be used to fund mental health services, including for military veterans and at-risk youth, school safety and gun violence prevention, and support services for victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes. If voters approve the ballot issue, then the state will have the authority to impose the excise tax and the rest of the act will become effective, except that the extension of the school security disbursement program cash fund, like the provision requiring submission of the ballot issue, is effective upon passage of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1349"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1349 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Janet Buckner", "Meg Froelich", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b023e9b-4d8c-4333-ae20-38d6ba86452f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1349"
source_hash: "a9983381b1e6a09b1bec4d69a7b14a25f3618666197474d136a62a04eef33a3d"
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 HB 24-1349 (2024A) — Firearms & Ammunition Excise Tax

The act refers a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2024 general election for approval of a 6.5% excise tax on the net taxable sales of firearm dealers, firearms manufacturers, and ammunition vendors (vendors) from the retail sale of any firearm, firearm precursor part, or ammunition in Colorado. The ballot issue allows the state to keep and spend all new excise tax revenue, as a voter-approved revenue change, and specifies that the revenue, estimated at $39 million in the first fiscal year, will be used to fund mental health services, including for military veterans and at-risk youth, school safety and gun violence prevention, and support services for victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes. If voters approve the ballot issue, then the state will have the authority to impose the excise tax and the rest of the act will become effective, except that the extension of the school security disbursement program cash fund, like the provision requiring submission of the ballot issue, is effective upon passage of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1349_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_h_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1349_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1349_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR — **49–11** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **42–18** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **14–21** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/07/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b023e9b-4d8c-4333-ae20-38d6ba86452f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).