republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-015.md

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Bill	Unlawful Marijuana Advertising	Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. The bill makes it a level 2 drug misdemeanor for a person not licensed to sell medical or retail marijuana to advertise for the sale of marijuana or marijuana concentrate. The bill excludes from the crime primary caregivers, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers, retail marijuana product manufacturers, and retail marijuana testing facilities.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-015	Colorado SB 17-015 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Dan Pabon Irene Aguilar	15	14	7	2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/47097f5b-98cd-46c9-b7e6-ece3f3cf964f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-015	26e2a9488ca21137dc1c787e11632d6c8225fa1ae22f27539a7a6f95503eb753	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-015 (2017A) — Unlawful Marijuana Advertising

Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. The bill makes it a level 2 drug misdemeanor for a person not licensed to sell medical or retail marijuana to advertise for the sale of marijuana or marijuana concentrate. The bill excludes from the crime primary caregivers, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers, retail marijuana product manufacturers, and retail marijuana testing facilities.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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.006 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.009 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment L.010 (committee substitute) — source
6. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Engrossed (01/23/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Final Act (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Introduced (01/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. PA1 (01/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. PA2 (02/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Reengrossed (01/24/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Rerevised (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Revised (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
15. Signed Act (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment G). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.006 (Amendment B). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-015, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment D). The motion failed on a 2-2 vote. — 2–2 (fail) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-015, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dan Pabon — primary (person)
• Irene Aguilar — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47097f5b-98cd-46c9-b7e6-ece3f3cf964f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).