---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards For Products Represented As Compostable"
description: "The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-253"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-253 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen McCormick", "Lisa Cutter", "Meg Froelich"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-253"
source_hash: "2dd0f9cf18d7393d39fbed1953eb671a43f7047771cfc3ff6a33932ae6cd73f8"
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 23-253 (2023A) — Standards For Products Represented As Compostable

The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable).

## 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_sb253_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_253_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **47–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).