SB 25-174

Senate Bill 25-174, also known as the "Sunset Outfitters & Guides" bill, extends the regulation of outdoor guiding and outfitting services in Colorado until 2034. It gives more power to regulators to discipline owners of guiding companies, regardless of their ownership percentage, and changes how fines are distributed. The bill also exempts certain transportation and booking service providers from these regulations and adds restrictions for individuals with past wildlife law violations from working as guides or operating outfitting businesses. Since the governor has signed this bill into law, it is now active and enforceable in Colorado.

Official Summary

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (DORA) in its sunset review and report concerning the regulation of outfitters and guides by the division of professions and occupations (division) within DORA. Specifically, the act: Continues the regulation of outfitters and guides for 9 years, until 2034; Allows the director of the division to take disciplinary action against an owner of an outfitter entity regardless of the owner's ownership share percentage; Credits one-half of the money that is collected as fines to the general fund rather than to the division; Exempts motor carriers and third-party booking agencies from regulation under the outfitters act; Adds provisions prohibiting an individual from working as a guide or receiving or renewing a registration as an outfitter if the individual has a license or registration suspended or revoked by the division of parks and wildlife or by an agency of any member state of the "Wildlife Violator Compact" for a violation of a law concerning wildlife; and Repeals certain language concerning the punishment for a person that engages or offers or attempts to engage in activities as an outfitter without an active registration.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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