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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Marijuana Offenses"
+description: "The act eliminates the marijuana possession offense for possession of 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act raises the limit for illegal possession of marijuana by an underage person from one ounce of marijuana or less to 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act requires the court to seal a conviction record, without opportunity for the district attorney to object, for a marijuana possession offense that is otherwise not sealed, if the person files documents with the court that the person has not been convicted of a criminal offense since the final disposition of all criminal proceedings or release from supervision, whichever is later.The act allows a person who was convicted of a class 3 felony marijuana cultivation offense to petition to have his or her conviction record sealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "HB 21-1090"
+citation: "Colorado HB 21-1090 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Julie Gonzales"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70603072-2a67-439b-b381-bdf89774b961"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1090"
+source_hash: "e1c66be078cee9c2dd4aadd63a00796621bed4e945cb517e0a8205401720041e"
+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 21-1090 (2021A) — Criminal Marijuana Offenses
+
+The act eliminates the marijuana possession offense for possession of 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act raises the limit for illegal possession of marijuana by an underage person from one ounce of marijuana or less to 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act requires the court to seal a conviction record, without opportunity for the district attorney to object, for a marijuana possession offense that is otherwise not sealed, if the person files documents with the court that the person has not been convicted of a criminal offense since the final disposition of all criminal proceedings or release from supervision, whichever is later.The act allows a person who was convicted of a class 3 felony marijuana cultivation offense to petition to have his or her conviction record sealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
+
+## 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/2021a_hb1090_s_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090jud_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1090_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1090_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **23–11** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70603072-2a67-439b-b381-bdf89774b961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+