---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana License Applications and Renewals"
description: "A person applying for a marijuana license is required to pay both an application fee and a licensing fee. The act clarifies that the state licensing authority may issue a refund of a licensing fee if the marijuana license application is denied. Furthermore, the act states that the state licensing authority must retain the applicant's application fee, but a local licensing authority can choose to retain or refund an applicant's application fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-199"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-199 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Van Winkle", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Ron Weinberg", "William Lindstedt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ff6105-9ef5-4279-a17a-4c269ee224a1"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-199"
source_hash: "1c93807ab24906c256c6415f413db4a7b6d01ef4daa18b45eb9a5203a0880922"
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 SB 23-199 (2023A) — Marijuana License Applications and Renewals

A person applying for a marijuana license is required to pay both an application fee and a licensing fee. The act clarifies that the state licensing authority may issue a refund of a licensing fee if the marijuana license application is denied. Furthermore, the act states that the state licensing authority must retain the applicant's application fee, but a local licensing authority can choose to retain or refund an applicant's application fee.

## 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_sb199_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_h_fin_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_199_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_199_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **54–11** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- William Lindstedt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/61ff6105-9ef5-4279-a17a-4c269ee224a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).