---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarette Tobacco And Nicotine Products Tax"
description: "The act refers a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2020 general election for the following tax changes:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1427"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1427 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie McCluskie", "Rhonda Fields", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a866536-9d3a-4132-93d0-53335da204a7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1427"
source_hash: "1b7058c65dfe079043bb36f26d6e7168a2b0b2b6edea7f1a9aef19f50b8e9beb"
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 20-1427 (2020A) — Cigarette Tobacco And Nicotine Products Tax

The act refers a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2020 general election for the following tax changes:

## 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_hb1427_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427sfin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427sfin.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1427_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1427_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **41–19** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **39–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **14–19** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a866536-9d3a-4132-93d0-53335da204a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).