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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sunset Medical Marijuana Program"
+description: "Medical marijuana program - physician relationship - primary caregiver relationship - dentist or advanced practice practitioner make recommendations - card validity length - health effects panel conflict disclosures - sunset - appropriation. In a bona fide physician-patient relationship for purposes of a medical marijuana recommendation, the act clarifies that if the patient is a child, as part of the relationship the physician must consult with the patient's parents. The act clarifies that a parent can be a primary caregiver for a child with a disabling medical condition. The act clarifies that a primary caregiver for a person with a debilitating or disabling medical condition receives the same confidentiality protections as other primary caregivers. The act clarifies that if a person with a medical marijuana card is convicted of a drug crime, the card is subject to revocation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2019A"
+identifier: "SB 19-218"
+citation: "Colorado SB 19-218 (2019A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af38b44b-d2e1-410f-b639-79185c414a0c"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-218"
+source_hash: "5be79393f6f250565f060b9703f53bc6546d5e7d7856f1438fbfa970bb14ce9c"
+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 19-218 (2019A) — Sunset Medical Marijuana Program
+
+Medical marijuana program - physician relationship - primary caregiver relationship - dentist or advanced practice practitioner make recommendations - card validity length - health effects panel conflict disclosures - sunset - appropriation. In a bona fide physician-patient relationship for purposes of a medical marijuana recommendation, the act clarifies that if the patient is a child, as part of the relationship the physician must consult with the patient's parents. The act clarifies that a parent can be a primary caregiver for a child with a disabling medical condition. The act clarifies that a primary caregiver for a person with a debilitating or disabling medical condition receives the same confidentiality protections as other primary caregivers. The act clarifies that if a person with a medical marijuana card is convicted of a drug crime, the card is subject to revocation.
+
+## 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/2019a_sb218_h_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218sfin_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218sfinapp.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218fin_01.pdf)
+8. **Reengrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_ren.pdf)
+9. **Rerevised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_rer.pdf)
+10. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_rev.pdf)
+11. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_218_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR — **28–7** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **51–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/af38b44b-d2e1-410f-b639-79185c414a0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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