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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Court Appointees For Marijuana Businesses"
+description: "Under current law, there are no provisions that specifically address what happens to a regulated marijuana business when a representative is appointed for the business. The bill requires a potential appointee to certify to the court prior to the appointment that he or she is suitable to hold a marijuana business license. After the appointment, the appointee shall apply to the state licensing authority for a finding of suitability. The state licensing authority must provide the appointee with a temporary appointee registration after receiving notification of the initial appointment. The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority regarding temporary appointee registrations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2018A"
+identifier: "HB 18-1280"
+citation: "Colorado HB 18-1280 (2018A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Jovan Melton"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88409db-e53a-4384-964a-5f70837f1a57"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1280"
+source_hash: "4be6a74040d1ea20a752efa4f5aef00d2a5d8c0cae8d2dab989145894edab875"
+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 HB 18-1280 (2018A) — Court Appointees For Marijuana Businesses
+
+Under current law, there are no provisions that specifically address what happens to a regulated marijuana business when a representative is appointed for the business. The bill requires a potential appointee to certify to the court prior to the appointment that he or she is suitable to hold a marijuana business license. After the appointment, the appointee shall apply to the state licensing authority for a finding of suitability. The state licensing authority must provide the appointee with a temporary appointee registration after receiving notification of the initial appointment. The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority regarding temporary appointee registrations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1280_s_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280app_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Don Coram — primary (person)
+- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
+- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
+- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/09/2018 - No Amendments
+- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f88409db-e53a-4384-964a-5f70837f1a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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