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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protect Wild Bison"
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description: "The act classifies bison as big game unless the bison are livestock. Classifying bison as wildlife means that hunting or taking one is illegal unless authorized by rule of the parks and wildlife commission. The act also clarifies that \"wildlife\" does not include privately owned cattle, including bison legally reduced to captivity or bison that have escaped lawful captivity, or bison owned by or lawfully reduced to captivity by an Indian tribe."
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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: "SB 25-053"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-053 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Jessie Danielson", "Junie Joseph"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-15T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e449060-683e-4d71-aa19-81392500f712"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-053"
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source_hash: "16541bc4ba712fba2b6f38040bf38a1503b6573689f9476c22a418299e0966d9"
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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 SB 25-053 (2025A) — Protect Wild Bison
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The act classifies bison as big game unless the bison are livestock. Classifying bison as wildlife means that hunting or taking one is illegal unless authorized by rule of the parks and wildlife commission. The act also clarifies that "wildlife" does not include privately owned cattle, including bison legally reduced to captivity or bison that have escaped lawful captivity, or bison owned by or lawfully reduced to captivity by an Indian tribe.
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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_sb053_h_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_s_agr_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_053_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_053_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
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- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
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- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & 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/3e449060-683e-4d71-aa19-81392500f712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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