---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana Waste Recycling"
description: "The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority to address conditions under which a medical or retail marijuana licensee is authorized to transfer marijuana fibrous waste to a person for the purpose of producing only industrial fiber products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-187"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-187 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Jeni James Arndt", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd26ebc-c28f-4e67-980a-fbf1647b23f1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-187"
source_hash: "d19ec313a69c8efeeb987e3abb497d6a48befe019a9365a7f9a2f847241b4d48"
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 SB 18-187 (2018A) — Marijuana Waste Recycling

The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority to address conditions under which a medical or retail marijuana licensee is authorized to transfer marijuana fibrous waste to a person for the purpose of producing only industrial fiber products.

## 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_sb187_h_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_187_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/06/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd26ebc-c28f-4e67-980a-fbf1647b23f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).