republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-235.md

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Bill	Colorado Industrial Hemp Research And Development Authority	The bill creates the Colorado industrial hemp research and development task force to study whether to develop an industrial hemp research and development authority to develop, fund, and promote educational, research, and development programs and collaborative efforts concerning industrial hemp. The task force consists of 8 members with expertise in the industrial hemp industry or higher education. On or before December 31, 2018, the task force is required to prepare a report on its findings and recommendations and to submit the report to the Colorado office of economic development and the agricultural committees in the house of representatives and the senate.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-235	Colorado SB 18-235 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Jeni James Arndt	9	14	2	2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00	2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/839e440f-b4d0-473e-81cb-e77e5a82366f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-235	c316cf45357792eb6dd0c0437eb9f43b216f6c4ebb9470f049472194409fe63e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-235 (2018A) — Colorado Industrial Hemp Research And Development Authority

The bill creates the Colorado industrial hemp research and development task force to study whether to develop an industrial hemp research and development authority to develop, fund, and promote educational, research, and development programs and collaborative efforts concerning industrial hemp. The task force consists of 8 members with expertise in the industrial hemp industry or higher education. On or before December 31, 2018, the task force is required to prepare a report on its findings and recommendations and to submit the report to the Colorado office of economic development and the agricultural committees in the house of representatives and the senate.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/26/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/09/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 52–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/26/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/19/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/839e440f-b4d0-473e-81cb-e77e5a82366f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).