---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Funding For Marijuana Research"
description: "Subject to rules of the marijuana enforcement division, the bill authorizes:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-271"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-271 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Pabon", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25ef0df-f35d-4f28-8d76-15d00d191213"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-271"
source_hash: "e9685f08bddbbc240adaf9424626664653cf7cd31b41890cb396c85051fbca8b"
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 18-271 (2018A) — Improve Funding For Marijuana Research

Subject to rules of the marijuana enforcement division, the bill authorizes:

## 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_sb271_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271sfin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271sfinapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271agr_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_271_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **31–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Pabon — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/f25ef0df-f35d-4f28-8d76-15d00d191213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).