HB 1229 CO
Supporting the Human-Animal Bond
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Summary
This bill recognizes the human-animal bond as a resource that positively affects human health and quality of life. It authorizes Colorado's health disparities and community grant program to award grants to organizations and entities that support and promote the human-animal bond. The grant program may only use funds for this purpose if the state legislature appropriates additional money specifically for that use.
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Official abstract
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.)
Sponsors (4)
- L. Feret Democratic · sponsor
- R. Taggart Republican · sponsor
- J. Amabile Democratic · sponsor
- J. Rich Republican · sponsor
24 coauthors / cosponsors
- S. Camacho Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Carter Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Clifford Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- L. García Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Paschal Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Valdez Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Woodrow Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Benavidez Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Carson Republican · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kolker Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (12)
- May 8, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 1, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 1, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 1, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 9, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 8, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 2, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 18, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
- Mar 13, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 12, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
- Mar 10, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 18, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
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