---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernization Of The Nursery Act"
description: "The bill updates the 'Colorado Nursery Act', last amended in 2009, to protect nursery stock by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1246"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1246 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Jessie Danielson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eccaab4e-234d-4671-97a9-93782c1c8043"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1246"
source_hash: "93685f3753da5a1f1b147ae85abe2224fee474025e7c361f8ff70b80cb8c7e62"
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 18-1246 (2018A) — Modernization Of The Nursery Act

The bill updates the 'Colorado Nursery Act', last amended in 2009, to protect nursery stock by:

## 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_hb1246_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1246_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eccaab4e-234d-4671-97a9-93782c1c8043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).