republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Bureau of Investigation Authority to Investigate Firearms Crimes"
description: "The act authorizes the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) to investigate particular illegal activity involving firearms statewide. The bureau shall communicate with the appropriate local law enforcement agency in such an investigation to deconflict investigative operations and determine investigative responsibilities prior to taking investigative or enforcement action and shall collaborate with the local district attorney in the beginning stages of the investigation. An agent or other employee of the bureau who is a peace officer shall wear and activate a body-worn camera when conducting any public-facing part of an investigation authorized in the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-003"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-003 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meg Froelich", "Monica Duran", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dfb4a36-14b7-4d13-8083-01c58af8b661"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-003"
source_hash: "d0dd8db58f842726707fa4d48afc861f0a38b4efe0785ad94c2a835d10d3fd98"
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 24-003 (2024A) — Colorado Bureau of Investigation Authority to Investigate Firearms Crimes

The act authorizes the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) to investigate particular illegal activity involving firearms statewide. The bureau shall communicate with the appropriate local law enforcement agency in such an investigation to deconflict investigative operations and determine investigative responsibilities prior to taking investigative or enforcement action and shall collaborate with the local district attorney in the beginning stages of the investigation. An agent or other employee of the bureau who is a peace officer shall wear and activate a body-worn camera when conducting any public-facing part of an investigation authorized in 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_sb003_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_h_jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_003_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **18–42** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **17–43** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **17–43** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **17–41** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **14–21** (fail) · upper
- PERM — **28–36** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **17–44** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dfb4a36-14b7-4d13-8083-01c58af8b661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).