---
type: "Bill"
title: "Embargo And Destroy Marijuana"
description: "The act authorizes the executive director of the department of revenue (state licensing authority), pursuant to standards and processes that the state licensing authority establishes by rule, to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1021"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1021 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Van Winkle", "Lisa Cutter", "Marc Snyder", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8401364e-1631-4d8b-96be-02363dba0d6a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1021"
source_hash: "becafecc49c8d8023a5e78ca3b2a3b101e8ce359e66785cbbdc20792fd6fc1d3"
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 23-1021 (2023A) — Embargo And Destroy Marijuana

The act authorizes the executive director of the department of revenue (state licensing authority), pursuant to standards and processes that the state licensing authority establishes by rule, to:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1021_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1021_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1021_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **55–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/8401364e-1631-4d8b-96be-02363dba0d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).