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type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting the Human-Animal Bond"
description: "The act acknowledges the human-animal bond as a life-enhancing resource that impacts the length and quality of human life. The act authorizes the health disparities and community grant program (grant program) to award grants to entities that support the human-animal bond if the grant program is appropriated additional funds for that purpose by the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "Colorado HB 1229 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Amabile", "J. Rich", "L. Feret", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0fa858-2d4b-4a4b-95d9-36d9436adb9e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1229"
source_hash: "47fdd056984b62aec8867733094d7bc76a7e1496d856b662480f541c30de6a55"
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 1229 (2026A) — Supporting the Human-Animal Bond
The act acknowledges the human-animal bond as a life-enhancing resource that impacts the length and quality of human life. The act authorizes the health disparities and community grant program (grant program) to award grants to entities that support the human-animal bond if the grant program is appropriated additional funds for that purpose by the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112154/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113208/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115368/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113268/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114288/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114262/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116169/download)
## Votes
- Refer House Bill 26-1229 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1229, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Rich — primary (person)
- L. Feret — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-08** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-08** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-13** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-03-10** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0fa858-2d4b-4a4b-95d9-36d9436adb9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).