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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retail Sales Alcohol Beverages"
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description: "Under current law, effective January 1, 2019, the limitation on the maximum alcohol content of fermented malt beverages, also referred to as '3.2% beer', is eliminated, thereby allowing grocery stores, convenience stores, and any other person currently licensed or licensed in the future to sell fermented malt beverages for consumption on or off the licensed premises to sell fermented malt beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% alcohol by volume, referred to as 'malt liquor'."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2018A"
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identifier: "SB 18-243"
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citation: "Colorado SB 18-243 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Daneya Esgar", "Hugh McKean", "Lucia Guzman"]
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version_count: 13
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 15
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first_action: "2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993d8c83-6977-4163-b52f-383ad633391e"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-243"
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source_hash: "5e14b77075917a468f74372de33fbed42f037905105e22388090d710f52a5102"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 18-243 (2018A) — Retail Sales Alcohol Beverages
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Under current law, effective January 1, 2019, the limitation on the maximum alcohol content of fermented malt beverages, also referred to as '3.2% beer', is eliminated, thereby allowing grocery stores, convenience stores, and any other person currently licensed or licensed in the future to sell fermented malt beverages for consumption on or off the licensed premises to sell fermented malt beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% alcohol by volume, referred to as 'malt liquor'.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb243_h_phc_001.pdf)
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2. **Conference Committee (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_sb18-243cc.pdf)
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3. **Engrossed (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_eng.pdf)
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4. **Final Act (05/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_enr.pdf)
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5. **Introduced (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_01.pdf)
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6. **PA1 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243ssta_01.pdf)
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7. **PA2 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243sstaapp.pdf)
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8. **PA3 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243pubhe_01.pdf)
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9. **PA4 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243app.pdf)
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10. **Reengrossed (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_ren.pdf)
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11. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_rer.pdf)
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12. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_rev.pdf)
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13. **Signed Act (06/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_243_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · lower
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- ADOPT — **38–26** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–30** (pass) · lower
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- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **29–6** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **31–34** (fail) · lower
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- REPASS — **22–13** (pass) · lower
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- COW * — **10–25** (fail) · lower
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- ADHERE — **31–33** (fail) · lower
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- CONCUR — **11–24** (fail) · lower
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- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
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- PERM — **34–31** (pass) · lower
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- ADOPT CCR — **28–7** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **34–31** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **30–35** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
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- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
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- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
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- Lucia Guzman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services + Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Lay Over Amended
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- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/993d8c83-6977-4163-b52f-383ad633391e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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