HB 25-1207: Pet Ownership Residential Housing Structures - Colorado

Revised (04/23/2025) → PA2 (04/21/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add new requirements for affordable housing developments that receive financing from the state division on or after January 1, 2026. These developments must now authorize tenants to own or keep up to two pet animals, subject to reasonable conditions and applicable state and local laws regarding public health, animal control, and animal welfare.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include a specific mandate for affordable housing developments receiving state financing after January 1, 2026, requiring them to allow pet ownership by tenants.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement added for housing developments receiving state financing on or after January 1, 2026, to authorize tenants to own or keep up to two pet animals.

TIMELINE

New effective date specified for the pet ownership requirement: January 1, 2026, for developments receiving financing on or after that date.

TECHNICAL

Removed 'Amended 2nd Reading' status and revised date stamp, indicating this is now a preamended version with committee amendments not yet adopted on second reading.

Rerevised (04/24/2025) → Revised (04/23/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised to add specific requirements for landlords when removing pets from a tenant's residence, including a mandatory plan detailing pet placement and reunification. Additionally, the revision clarifies that reasonable conditions cannot include prohibitions on having up to two pets or restrictions based on breed or weight.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new procedural requirements for pet removal and clarified tenant protections regarding pet restrictions.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for landlords to create a plan identifying where a removed pet will be placed and how it will be reunited with the tenant.

DEFINITION

Added clarifications that reasonable conditions do not include prohibiting up to two pets or restricting pets based on breed or weight.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers and sponsorship information to reflect revised status and formatting changes.

PA1 (03/05/2025) → Rerevised (04/24/2025) · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to expand pet ownership protections by adding new categories of restrictions that landlords cannot enforce, including time-limited breed bans based on individual circumstances and pet weight limits. The revision also clarifies the definition of 'homeowners insurance' to ensure broader applicability and updates committee assignments to reflect additional sponsors. These changes strengthen tenant rights by preventing arbitrary pet restrictions while maintaining reasonable safety and health standards.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include additional prohibited landlord restrictions, specifically time-limited determinations based on individualized circumstances and pet weight restrictions, which were previously not explicitly covered.

REQUIREMENT

Added prohibition on time-limited determinations that a pet allowance would not be in the best interest or safety of the pet or tenant based on individualized circumstances made by a medical or mental health professional.

Added prohibition on pet weight restrictions as a condition for pet ownership.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of 'homeowners insurance' to clarify that the breed restriction provision applies to all homeowners insurance policies.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors to the bill and updated committee assignments to reflect legislative process changes.

Final Act (05/06/2025) → PA1 (03/05/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reorganized and reformatted from its final signed version to an earlier pre-amendment version. The core policy content remains the same, but the document structure changed significantly, with the final version including official signatures and status notes that were removed in the earlier version.

TECHNICAL

Removed final act status notes, signatures from legislative officers and the Governor, and page headers indicating the bill was ready for signatures.

Added committee information, bill summary text, and formatting indicating this is a pre-amendment version with unofficial status.

Reorganized the document layout with line numbers and different header formatting, but the substantive policy language in the actual bill sections remained unchanged.

Signed Act (05/22/2025) → Final Act (05/06/2025) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text shows significant formatting and markup changes rather than substantive policy modifications. The document appears to be transitioning from a draft version to a final signed version, with added signatures, note about legislative status, and standardized formatting. The core legislative content regarding pet ownership barriers in residential structures remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added signature lines for legislative officers and Governor, indicating the bill has been formally signed into law.

Added note directing readers to consult legislative status sheets for current bill status information.

Changed document title placement and formatting from draft style to final act style with proper spacing and alignment.

Removed draft markup indicators and placeholder text that were used during the legislative review process.

Reengrossed (04/01/2025) → Signed Act (05/22/2025) · 3 edits · May 22, 2025

MINOR

This bill was amended to expand its scope by adding Senate sponsors and clarifying the legislative title. The substantive policy content regarding insurance restrictions and pet-inclusive housing requirements remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the text.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include additional Senate sponsors (Wallace, Ricks, Story) and the title was updated to reflect the full legislative process. The core policy provisions regarding insurance and housing remain the same.

TECHNICAL

Added additional Senate sponsors (Wallace, Ricks, Story) to the bill sponsorship list, expanding the bipartisan support for the legislation.

Changed the bill title from 'First Regular Session' to 'Signed Act' to reflect the bill's final passage status.

Minor formatting adjustments to the bill text, including reorganization of sponsor lists and cleanup of line breaks and spacing.

Engrossed (03/31/2025) → Reengrossed (04/01/2025) · 3 edits · Apr 24, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to add new co-sponsors and update the effective date language. The most substantive change is the addition of a 3rd Reading Unamended status note with a specific date of April 1, 2025, indicating the bill is in a new legislative stage. The original effective date text was removed, likely to be replaced or clarified in the reengrossed version.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding disability assistance animals appears unchanged, but the legislative status and procedural notes have been updated to reflect the reengrossed version.

TECHNICAL

Added new co-sponsors: Bacon, Bird, Froelich, Garcia, Jackson, Joseph, Lindsay, McCormick, Rutinel, Rydin, Sirota, Valdez, Velasco, Woodrow, and Zokaie.

TIMELINE

Changed header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and updated the bill summary note to include '3rd Reading Unamended' with a date of April 1, 2025.

Removed the original effective date section (Section 3) that specified the act would take effect after a 90-day period following general assembly adjournment, with referendum petition provisions.

Introduced (02/10/2025) → Engrossed (03/31/2025) · 5 edits · Apr 24, 2025

MODERATE

This bill was amended to clarify that homeowners insurance cannot be denied based on dog breed, with exceptions for dogs known or declared dangerous. The definition of 'pet animal' in housing laws was narrowed to specifically include only dogs and cats, and limits on the number of pets were increased from one to two for affordable housing.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly cover commercial policies for multifamily units in addition to standard homeowner's policies, and the definition of protected pets was narrowed to dogs and cats only.

REQUIREMENT

Insurance companies are now explicitly prohibited from refusing coverage or charging higher rates based on dog breed, except when the dog is known or declared dangerous under state law.

Affordable housing developments receiving state financing must now allow tenants to keep up to two pet animals, subject to reasonable conditions.

Reasonable conditions for pet ownership in affordable housing now include specific limits on having more than two pets and pet security deposits, but cannot prohibit up to two pets.

New requirements were added for pet security deposits and pet rent, subject to existing state law.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'pet animal' was changed from general domesticated animals to specifically include only dogs and cats kept for companionship.

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