---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Colorado Seed Act"
description: "The act implements recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the registration functions of the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner) regarding the \"Colorado Seed Act\" by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1184"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1184 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bri Buentello", "Dennis Hisey", "Kerry Donovan", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f7e107-4960-4e1e-a823-83a473e501fd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1184"
source_hash: "3b5352ed6790af5daa1ab72f106a02358cad8257adf39041722f1c5072233710"
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 20-1184 (2020A) — Sunset Colorado Seed Act

The act implements recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the registration functions of the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner) regarding the "Colorado Seed Act" by:

## 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_hb1184_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184rur_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184fin.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1184_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1184_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- PERM — **21–40** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **20–44** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f7e107-4960-4e1e-a823-83a473e501fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).