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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Standards For Products Represented As Compostable"
+description: "The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-253"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-253 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karen McCormick", "Lisa Cutter", "Meg Froelich"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-253"
+source_hash: "2dd0f9cf18d7393d39fbed1953eb671a43f7047771cfc3ff6a33932ae6cd73f8"
+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 23-253 (2023A) — Standards For Products Represented As Compostable
+
+The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb253_h_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_253_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **47–18** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
+- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
+- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
+- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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