republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1409.md

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Bill	Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions	Current law requires 3.5% of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue to be distributed to local governments. The act eliminates the distribution to local governments and allocates the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue as follows, on and after July 1, 2026:73.17% to the marijuana tax cash fund (fund);11.33% to the state public school fund;1.5% to the marijuana cash fund; and14% to the general fund. The act also directs the state treasurer to transfer from the fund to the state public school fund on June 30, 2027, and on each June 30 thereafter, an amount equal to the difference between the balance of the fund and:15% of the amount that the general assembly appropriated from the fund in that fiscal year; andAny amount of the fund designated to be part of the emergency reserve for that fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1409	Colorado HB 1409 (2026A)	bill	Fiscal Policy & Taxes Liquor Tobacco & Marijuana Local Government State Government State Revenue & Budget	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	17	7	2026-04-02	2026-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/9132ccf3-ade4-4a53-bde1-5e4dd8eb8cb4	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1409	99f51160bee814bf185c5a37a6dd4d8aeaf49a5c17dfc86338cefdbd4a0afe2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1409 (2026A) — Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions

Current law requires 3.5% of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue to be distributed to local governments. The act eliminates the distribution to local governments and allocates the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue as follows, on and after July 1, 2026:73.17% to the marijuana tax cash fund (fund);11.33% to the state public school fund;1.5% to the marijuana cash fund; and14% to the general fund. The act also directs the state treasurer to transfer from the fund to the state public school fund on June 30, 2027, and on each June 30 thereafter, an amount equal to the difference between the balance of the fund and:15% of the amount that the general assembly appropriated from the fund in that fiscal year; andAny amount of the fund designated to be part of the emergency reserve for that fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt the first report of first conference committee on H.B. 26-1409 — pass (pass) · lower
• ADOPT — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1409 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• NOT CNCR — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1409 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-04 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-03 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-06-03 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-28 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2026-04-24 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2026-04-17 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
• 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-10 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-09 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-04-08 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-07 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9132ccf3-ade4-4a53-bde1-5e4dd8eb8cb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).