---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food And Drug Administration Cannabidiol Drug Use"
description: "The bill amends the definition of 'marijuana' to exclude prescription drug products approved by the federal food and drug administration and dispensed by a pharmacy or prescription drug outlet registered by the state of Colorado. The bill also specifies that the change does not restrict or otherwise affect regulation of or access to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1187"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1187 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Janet Buckner", "John Cooke", "Lois Landgraf"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4b2e6a-981e-4969-a685-9b4fc36fca66"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1187"
source_hash: "43645687418400752e4c4ba765b5f684f9edb1b25e261b350b40050918c7830e"
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 18-1187 (2018A) — Food And Drug Administration Cannabidiol Drug Use

The bill amends the definition of 'marijuana' to exclude prescription drug products approved by the federal food and drug administration and dispensed by a pharmacy or prescription drug outlet registered by the state of Colorado. The bill also specifies that the change does not restrict or otherwise affect regulation of or access to:

## 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_hb1187_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187pubhe_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1187_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/04/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4b2e6a-981e-4969-a685-9b4fc36fca66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).