---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Medicine Regulation And Legalization"
description: "The act amends the regulatory framework for natural medicine and natural medicine product."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-290"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-290 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e9864b0-58a3-41d7-92a5-5a543383b8aa"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-290"
source_hash: "57328e3f6f94961771540e302f32bf05868b2509bc9b73b9e015675921e8ccfa"
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 23-290 (2023A) — Natural Medicine Regulation And Legalization

The act amends the regulatory framework for natural medicine and natural medicine product.

## 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_sb290_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_h_fin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_h_fin_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_290_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_290_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T06:00:00+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** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+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/6e9864b0-58a3-41d7-92a5-5a543383b8aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).