Beginning in summer season 2026, ammunition offered in Colorado should be stored behind counters or in locked cabinets beneath a legislation signed Friday by Gov. Jared Polis.
Home Invoice 1133 requires ammo be accessible to prospects solely with the assistance of a retailer worker. It additionally usually prohibits the sale of ammo to folks beneath the age of 18, although it contains a number of exemptions that permit gross sales to people who find themselves at the moment between 18 and 21; to those that’ve handed a hunter’s security course; and to army servicemembers and cops.
The legislation defines ammo as “ammunition or (a) cartridge case, primer, bullet, or propellant powder designed to be used in a firearm.” It was sponsored by Democratic Reps. Monica Duran and Lindsay Gilchrist and Sens. Judy Amabile and Cathy Kipp.
The legislation goes into impact July 1, 2026. As a result of it requires ammo be offered solely with the help of retailer workers, the legislation successfully bans the ammo merchandising machines that had been put in in no less than three cities final yr.
Polis additionally signed Home Invoice 1238, which institutes new safety and age necessities for gun reveals. The brand new legislation requires gun reveals to have a safety plan detailing their distributors, the venue’s structure and estimated variety of attendees. The plans are submitted to native legislation enforcement.
The occasions should even have legal responsibility insurance coverage and video cameras, and every firearm introduced in by folks apart from distributors should be tagged. Individuals beneath the age of 18 are additionally usually prohibited from attending with out a dad or mum, grandparent or guardian.
Gun present promoters are additionally required to make sure that prospects abide by the state’s three-day ready interval legislation, beneath which an individual should usually wait three days between buying and taking possession of a gun.
The legislation takes impact Jan. 1, 2026. It was sponsored by Democratic Reps. Junie Joseph and Sean Camacho and Sens. Cathy Kipp and Jessie Danielson.
In a signing assertion, Polis mentioned he signed the legislation regardless that gun reveals “are already extraordinarily secure locations.” He additionally famous that the legislation doesn’t apply to vintage gun reveals.
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