---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Nurse Give Medical Marijuana At School"
description: "Under current law, a primary caregiver may possess and administer medical marijuana in a nonsmokeable form to a student while the student is at school. The bill allows a school nurse or the school nurse's designee, who may or may not be an employee of the school, or school personnel designated by a parent to also possess and administer medical marijuana to a student at school. The bill provides a school nurse or the school nurse's designee or the school personnel designated by a parent protection from criminal prosecution if he or she possesses and administers medical marijuana to a student at school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1286"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1286 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Irene Aguilar", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e184bef-4712-4981-bc11-b6ba274cdcd4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1286"
source_hash: "3a30ca4312d2bcfc1326ca58e64f6e412dbaadd88af28d35ab5103db80407c39"
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 18-1286 (2018A) — School Nurse Give Medical Marijuana At School

Under current law, a primary caregiver may possess and administer medical marijuana in a nonsmokeable form to a student while the student is at school. The bill allows a school nurse or the school nurse's designee, who may or may not be an employee of the school, or school personnel designated by a parent to also possess and administer medical marijuana to a student at school. The bill provides a school nurse or the school nurse's designee or the school personnel designated by a parent protection from criminal prosecution if he or she possesses and administers medical marijuana to a student at school.

## 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_hb1286_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286hie_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_rv2.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1286_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **49–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **53–8** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Irene Aguilar — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/11/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e184bef-4712-4981-bc11-b6ba274cdcd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).