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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Industrial Hemp Animal Feed"
+description: "The bill creates a group under the commissioner of agriculture to study the feasability of including hemp products in animal feed. The group includes a hemp producer, a hemp processor, a legal expert, a person from an institution of higher education who has studied hemp policy, a veterinarian, a livestock producer, and any other person the commissioner determines would facilitate understanding the legal, practical, or business considerations. The group will make recommendations by December 31, 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2017A"
+identifier: "SB 17-109"
+citation: "Colorado SB 17-109 (2017A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Kerry Donovan"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/202b89d0-55c8-459f-ae8e-5749f5d1c30f"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-109"
+source_hash: "5053ce2a30daf97c5e4095af996214433fb74e60529fef7ac9b865b9b437861d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 17-109 (2017A) — Industrial Hemp Animal Feed
+
+The bill creates a group under the commissioner of agriculture to study the feasability of including hemp products in animal feed. The group includes a hemp producer, a hemp processor, a legal expert, a person from an institution of higher education who has studied hemp policy, a veterinarian, a livestock producer, and any other person the commissioner determines would facilitate understanding the legal, practical, or business considerations. The group will make recommendations by December 31, 2017.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_agr_2017a_20170209t133240z4__hearing_summary/170209%20AttachF.pdf)
+2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB109_H_AGR_001.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed (02/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_eng.pdf)
+4. **Final Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_enr.pdf)
+5. **Introduced (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_01.pdf)
+6. **PA1 (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109sagr_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (02/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (03/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (03/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_109_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-109, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Refer Senate Bill 17-109 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Adopt amendment L.002 that strikes everything below the enacting clause. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
+- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/202b89d0-55c8-459f-ae8e-5749f5d1c30f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+