---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana Sample For Quality Product Development"
description: "The bill permits a medical marijuana optional premises cultivation licensee, a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing licensee, a retail marijuana cultivation facility licensee, and a retail marijuana products manufacturing licensee to provide samples to managers for quality control and product development purposes. The bill specifies limits on the amount that can be provided as a sample per batch. The bill prohibits the licensee from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1259"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1259 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gray", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d681b9-d46d-4a85-8053-1155c072ceee"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1259"
source_hash: "85e2891ebfea5337425d989c961b2afc7ad6fdf41394e599144c0718cf39e2ef"
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 18-1259 (2018A) — Marijuana Sample For Quality Product Development

The bill permits a medical marijuana optional premises cultivation licensee, a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing licensee, a retail marijuana cultivation facility licensee, and a retail marijuana products manufacturing licensee to provide samples to managers for quality control and product development purposes. The bill specifies limits on the amount that can be provided as a sample per batch. The bill prohibits the licensee from:

## 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_hb1259_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259sblt_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1259_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–17** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/16/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d681b9-d46d-4a85-8053-1155c072ceee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).