Colorado lawmakers enshrine protections for emotional support animals amid federal rollback

Colorado lawmakers enshrine protections for emotional support animals amid federal rollback

Less than a week after the federal government made a sweeping change to the guidance on emotional support animals and housing for people with disabilities, Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law that enshrined those standards in Colorado law.What qualifies as an "assistance animal" no longer includes an emotional support animal at the national level, but House Bill 26-1045 means that change does not apply in the Centennial State."House Bill 104…