---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Professional Discipline For Marijuana"
description: "The act protects an individual applying for licensure, certification, or registration in a profession or occupation in Colorado (applicant), as well as a professional who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in a profession or occupation in Colorado (licensee), from having the license, certification, or registration denied to the applicant, or from discipline being imposed against the licensee, based solely on:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-265"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-265 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Van Winkle", "Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae44a5a0-70b2-4872-87c8-771e0d389443"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-265"
source_hash: "6a4558300aacc47ddcaf3d21a9f70dcea2fe97f684b5d2315a246cbc630c758c"
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 23-265 (2023A) — Prohibit Professional Discipline For Marijuana

The act protects an individual applying for licensure, certification, or registration in a profession or occupation in Colorado (applicant), as well as a professional who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in a profession or occupation in Colorado (licensee), from having the license, certification, or registration denied to the applicant, or from discipline being imposed against the licensee, based solely on:

## 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_sb265_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_265_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_265_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **49–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+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/ae44a5a0-70b2-4872-87c8-771e0d389443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).