Adopt a Shelter Pet Account Community Cats

Version header changed from 'REREVISED' to 'REVISED' with updated amendment adoption language specifying 'Second Reading'.

Senate sponsor list was reformatted with Winter F. appearing on a separate line.

Senate committee name was updated from 'Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources' to 'Agriculture & Natural Resources'.

Added a new board member representing No Kill Colorado or any successor organization to increase oversight of trap-neuter-return programs.

Changed grant allocation requirements so 70% of funds must go to animal welfare facilities located in counties with populations of 200,000 or less.

Added requirement that no board member can be from the same trade or industry group as another board member to prevent conflicts of interest.

Updated bill title and sponsorship information to reflect Senate amendments and added reading dates.

Removed the House requirement that at least 70% of grant money must go to rural community facilities and 50% of those funds must go to counties with populations of 50,000 or less.

Removed the House requirement that at least 20% of grant money must specifically go to trap-neuter-return programs.

Modified board composition requirements to remove specific regional requirements for Western, Eastern, and Southern Colorado representatives, replacing them with more general categories.

Modified the definition of 'animal welfare facility' to more clearly include pet animal facilities, pet animal rescues, and spay and neuter organizations.

Added a requirement that grant applicants can only apply biannually and cannot receive money in consecutive years.

Removed the House requirement that board members cannot be from the same trade or industry group as other board members.

Corrected typos in board member descriptions (e.g., 'rcscuc orgamzation' to 'rescue organization', 'anti' to 'and') to ensure accurate representation of eligible groups.

Added requirement for board members to recuse themselves from votes involving funding allocations to their own organizations to prevent conflicts of interest.

Added requirement for the board to annually publish grantee names, grant amounts, and board member names on the fund's website for transparency.

Clarified that up to 10% of adopt-a-shelter-pet-account funds may be used for administration, while the majority must support spaying/neutering and trap-neuter-return programs.

Maintained the 70% minimum allocation for rural community facilities but clarified that grants must target facilities in counties with 50,000 or fewer residents.

Increased the minimum percentage of grants that must go to rural community facilities from 20% to 70%, with at least 50% of those rural funds going to counties with populations of 50,000 or less.

Added new transparency requirements mandating annual publication of grantee names, amounts, dates, and board member names on the pet overpopulation fund website.

Added conflict of interest recusal requirements for board members when voting on funding allocations that could benefit them personally.

Removed the previous requirement that board members could not serve on any animal welfare organization boards.

Modified board eligibility rules to allow board members to serve on animal welfare organization boards, but with restrictions preventing more than one member from serving on the same organization's board.

Added geographic diversity requirements to the board, requiring representatives from western, eastern, and southern Colorado regions.

Added three new co-sponsors (Garcia, Mabrey, Story) to the House sponsorship list, expanding the bill's legislative support.

Updated the bill header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and revised the amendment adoption language to reflect that amendments were adopted in the House of Introduction rather than on Second Reading.

Added a '3rd Reading Unamended' note and the date February 18, 2025, to clarify the legislative status and version date.

Added Senate sponsor Winter F. to the bill sponsorship section.

Updated document header from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' to reflect that the bill has been amended and approved for final passage.

Changed the phrase 'one business model' to 'one shelter model' in the declaration that Colorado should not favor specific shelter approaches, clarifying the policy language to focus specifically on shelter operations rather than broader business models.