republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms Dealer Requirements & Permit"
description: "The act requires a firearms dealer (dealer), beginning July 1, 2025, to obtain a state firearms dealer permit (state permit) in order to engage in the business of dealing in firearms other than destructive devices in Colorado. Engaging in the business of dealing in firearms other than destructive devices without a permit is an unclassified felony, punishable by a fine of up to $250,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1353"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1353 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Boesenecker", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Emily Sirota", "Jeff Bridges"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/210d2fe1-b711-439e-9a64-932e2fb07d76"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1353"
source_hash: "bd9351ae2a5cbed4f5272c221de706560422edaad8b5f490fdd6c47113f830dc"
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 24-1353 (2024A) — Firearms Dealer Requirements & Permit

The act requires a firearms dealer (dealer), beginning July 1, 2025, to obtain a state firearms dealer permit (state permit) in order to engage in the business of dealing in firearms other than destructive devices in Colorado. Engaging in the business of dealing in firearms other than destructive devices without a permit is an unclassified felony, punishable by a fine of up to $250,000.

## 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_hb1353_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_h_bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_h_bus_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_h_bus_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1353_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1353_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **17–43** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Boesenecker — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended 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`
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/210d2fe1-b711-439e-9a64-932e2fb07d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).