---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana Use As A Condition Of Bond"
description: "The bill prohibits a court from imposing as a bond condition a ban on marijuana use if the person possesses a valid medical marijuana registry identification card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-178"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-178 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jovan Melton", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f254e80d-3517-40e4-8c2a-d82c84009d2a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-178"
source_hash: "714e6f1e95117cb919f86bdf69aa03c7e84eaadb64070b7b94712d274f089606"
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 17-178 (2017A) — Marijuana Use As A Condition Of Bond

The bill prohibits a court from imposing as a bond condition a ban on marijuana use if the person possesses a valid medical marijuana registry identification card.

## 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/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB178_H_PHC_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_178_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-178 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-178 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — **11–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jovan Melton — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/f254e80d-3517-40e4-8c2a-d82c84009d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).