republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-265.md

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Bill	Prohibit Professional Discipline For Marijuana	The act protects an individual applying for licensure, certification, or registration in a profession or occupation in Colorado (applicant), as well as a professional who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in a profession or occupation in Colorado (licensee), from having the license, certification, or registration denied to the applicant, or from discipline being imposed against the licensee, based solely on:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-265	Colorado SB 23-265 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Kevin Van Winkle Marc Snyder Matt Soper	8	13	2	2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00	2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ae44a5a0-70b2-4872-87c8-771e0d389443	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-265	6a4558300aacc47ddcaf3d21a9f70dcea2fe97f684b5d2315a246cbc630c758c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-265 (2023A) — Prohibit Professional Discipline For Marijuana

The act protects an individual applying for licensure, certification, or registration in a profession or occupation in Colorado (applicant), as well as a professional who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in a profession or occupation in Colorado (licensee), from having the license, certification, or registration denied to the applicant, or from discipline being imposed against the licensee, based solely on:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/19/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/29/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 49–13 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
• Marc Snyder — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae44a5a0-70b2-4872-87c8-771e0d389443. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).