republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1220.md

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Bill	Prevent Marijuana Diversion To Illegal Market	The bill places a cap on the number of plants that can be possessed or grown on a residential property at 16 plants unless a local jurisdiction permits possessing or growing more than 16 plants. The criminal penalties for violating the cultivation limit are:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1220	Colorado HB 17-1220 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Cole Wist KC Becker Rhonda Fields	17	16	9	2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9ce0034d-52de-49f6-9fea-106d9998a2af	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1220	1315dd5542f5ac122ad8e291ddf783357d3c0bac648b01921e60323a7c6c806e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1220 (2017A) — Prevent Marijuana Diversion To Illegal Market

The bill places a cap on the number of plants that can be possessed or grown on a residential property at 16 plants unless a local jurisdiction permits possessing or growing more than 16 plants. The criminal penalties for violating the cultivation limit are:

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.002 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.025 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment L.026 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment L.027 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment L.028 (committee substitute) — source
8. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Engrossed (03/10/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Final Act (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Introduced (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. PA1 (03/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. PA2 (03/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Reengrossed (03/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
15. Rerevised (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
16. Revised (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
17. Signed Act (06/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment R). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.026 (Attachment M). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.028 (Attachment O). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment S). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1220, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment T). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.027 (Attachment N). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1220, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt Amendment L.025 (Attachment L). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Cole Wist — primary (person)
• KC Becker — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2017-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ce0034d-52de-49f6-9fea-106d9998a2af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).