---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Appointees For Marijuana Businesses"
description: "Under current law, there are no provisions that specifically address what happens to a regulated marijuana business when a representative is appointed for the business. The bill requires a potential appointee to certify to the court prior to the appointment that he or she is suitable to hold a marijuana business license. After the appointment, the appointee shall apply to the state licensing authority for a finding of suitability. The state licensing authority must provide the appointee with a temporary appointee registration after receiving notification of the initial appointment. The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority regarding temporary appointee registrations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1280"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1280 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Jovan Melton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88409db-e53a-4384-964a-5f70837f1a57"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1280"
source_hash: "4be6a74040d1ea20a752efa4f5aef00d2a5d8c0cae8d2dab989145894edab875"
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 18-1280 (2018A) — Court Appointees For Marijuana Businesses

Under current law, there are no provisions that specifically address what happens to a regulated marijuana business when a representative is appointed for the business. The bill requires a potential appointee to certify to the court prior to the appointment that he or she is suitable to hold a marijuana business license. After the appointment, the appointee shall apply to the state licensing authority for a finding of suitability. The state licensing authority must provide the appointee with a temporary appointee registration after receiving notification of the initial appointment. The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority regarding temporary appointee registrations.

## 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_hb1280_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1280_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/09/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+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/f88409db-e53a-4384-964a-5f70837f1a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).