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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinary Workforce Requirements"
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description: "The act establishes and modifies requirements related to the practice of veterinary medicine by a veterinary professional associate (VPA). In November 2024, voters in Colorado approved Proposition 129, which established the role of VPAs and permits VPAs, starting on January 1, 2026, to practice veterinary medicine under certain circumstances. The act specifies how an individual can register as a VPA in Colorado and clarifies the circumstances under which a VPA can practice veterinary medicine."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1285"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1285 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Cathy Kipp", "Dusty Johnson", "Karen McCormick"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7bf4ef-dd24-42e5-b6ec-79027afa2514"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1285"
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source_hash: "db92535de9d0de96e1379f2fb7110d8216fc53d0212cb59b077caa5299bb4a29"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 25-1285 (2025A) — Veterinary Workforce Requirements
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The act establishes and modifies requirements related to the practice of veterinary medicine by a veterinary professional associate (VPA). In November 2024, voters in Colorado approved Proposition 129, which established the role of VPAs and permits VPAs, starting on January 1, 2026, to practice veterinary medicine under certain circumstances. The act specifies how an individual can register as a VPA in Colorado and clarifies the circumstances under which a VPA can practice veterinary medicine.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1285_s_agr_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_h_awn_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_rn2.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1285_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1285_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR — **50–11** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **50–15** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **50–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
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- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
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- Dusty Johnson — primary (person)
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- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
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- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7bf4ef-dd24-42e5-b6ec-79027afa2514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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