republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting Pet Animal Sales in Public Spaces"
description: "The act prohibits an individual or entity from selling, offering or advertising for sale or adoption, bartering, or giving away a pet animal that, at the time of transfer, is physically located at or on any public street, highway, right-of-way, parkway, median strip, park, recreation area, outdoor market, parking lot, or other public space. Pet animal facilities licensed under the \"Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act\" are exempted from the prohibition, as are sales of livestock. In addition, pet animal owners, breeders, handlers, or trainers are exempted while transporting a pet animal to or from or exhibiting or competing at an event that is licensed, regulated, or sanctioned by a nationally recognized registering organization. The act also exempts hunting dogs that are bred or trained for lawful hunting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1180"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1180 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Monica Duran", "Ryan Armagost", "Scott Bright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a554832d-5d02-4ea5-891c-c5d1b5946edd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1180"
source_hash: "f1f04b620c2c99c19feadc455c3c6fd3c1274059a830efb5abe0cb91a9cb110b"
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 25-1180 (2025A) — Prohibiting Pet Animal Sales in Public Spaces

The act prohibits an individual or entity from selling, offering or advertising for sale or adoption, bartering, or giving away a pet animal that, at the time of transfer, is physically located at or on any public street, highway, right-of-way, parkway, median strip, park, recreation area, outdoor market, parking lot, or other public space. Pet animal facilities licensed under the "Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act" are exempted from the prohibition, as are sales of livestock. In addition, pet animal owners, breeders, handlers, or trainers are exempted while transporting a pet animal to or from or exhibiting or competing at an event that is licensed, regulated, or sanctioned by a nationally recognized registering organization. The act also exempts hunting dogs that are bred or trained for lawful hunting.

## 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/2025a_hb1180_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_h_bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1180_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1180_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
- Scott Bright — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+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/a554832d-5d02-4ea5-891c-c5d1b5946edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).