republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1302.md

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Bill	Toxicology Lab Certification Waiver Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment	Current law allows the department of public health and environment (department) to waive certain certification requirements for toxicology laboratories that are accredited by the American board of forensic toxicology or the international standards organization. The bill changes the waiver requirement to allow the department to waive certification requirements if the laboratory is accredited by an entity using nationally or internationally recognized forensic standards.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1302	Colorado HB 18-1302 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal Lois Landgraf Vicki Marble	9	13	2	2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0fe63609-8351-44bf-a9b6-960ef8b66815	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1302	3479c7167529dee23c0f91e6f53879540d4251a7cd1c2d606ae7dbda97a2ea8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1302 (2018A) — Toxicology Lab Certification Waiver Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment

Current law allows the department of public health and environment (department) to waive certain certification requirements for toxicology laboratories that are accredited by the American board of forensic toxicology or the international standards organization. The bill changes the waiver requirement to allow the department to waive certification requirements if the laboratory is accredited by an entity using nationally or internationally recognized forensic standards.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/14/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/17/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
• Vicki Marble — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fe63609-8351-44bf-a9b6-960ef8b66815. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).