---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Residency Requirement For Marijuana License"
description: "Under current law, all managers and employees of a medical marijuana business or a retail marijuana business with day-to-day operational control must be Colorado residents when they apply for licensure. The act repeals this residency requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1080"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1080 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Matt Gray", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822d14f4-5eb1-4a0d-a28d-0c03ea14ca8a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1080"
source_hash: "128aa2881e9a16f488ef469f3df6a5fd5a96d537f6f4c660af323c18740c9e6c"
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 20-1080 (2020A) — Remove Residency Requirement For Marijuana License

Under current law, all managers and employees of a medical marijuana business or a retail marijuana business with day-to-day operational control must be Colorado residents when they apply for licensure. The act repeals this residency requirement.

## 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/2020a_hb1080_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1080_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1080_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **54–8** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **52–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822d14f4-5eb1-4a0d-a28d-0c03ea14ca8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).