---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana Licensees Ability To Change Designation"
description: "The act allows a medical marijuana cultivation facility licensee to receive and change marijuana's designation from retail to medical and a medical marijuana products manufacturer licensee to receive and change a marijuana product from retail to medical.The act clarifies that a transfer and change of designation of the marijuana from retail to medical does not create a right to a refund of a retail marijuana excise tax imposed or paid prior to the transfer and change of designation.The act requires the state licensing authority to submit a report to the general assembly analyzing the feasibility of allowing a retail marijuana cultivation facility licensee to receive and change marijuana's designation from medical to retail and a retail marijuana products manufacturer licensee to receive and change a marijuana product from medical to retail.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1216"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1216 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Julie Gonzales", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15e82025-c0da-486e-95c7-b24633ab48c5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1216"
source_hash: "4f2dfe3669046a2928bc5b521263b12af3a6fecd0ad95ba31581ae66a85e7d21"
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 21-1216 (2021A) — Marijuana Licensees Ability To Change Designation

The act allows a medical marijuana cultivation facility licensee to receive and change marijuana's designation from retail to medical and a medical marijuana products manufacturer licensee to receive and change a marijuana product from retail to medical.The act clarifies that a transfer and change of designation of the marijuana from retail to medical does not create a right to a refund of a retail marijuana excise tax imposed or paid prior to the transfer and change of designation.The act requires the state licensing authority to submit a report to the general assembly analyzing the feasibility of allowing a retail marijuana cultivation facility licensee to receive and change marijuana's designation from medical to retail and a retail marijuana products manufacturer licensee to receive and change a marijuana product from medical to retail.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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/2021a_hb1216_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1216_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1216_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **50–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **48–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Business, Labor, & Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+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/15e82025-c0da-486e-95c7-b24633ab48c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).