republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Marijuana Use in Health Facilities"
description: "The act permits a health facility to allow patients who are terminally ill and who are registered in the state's medical marijuana program to use medical marijuana within the health facility, subject to certain parameters. The act requires a health facility that allows such use to document the patient's medical marijuana program registration and medical marijuana usage in the patient's medical records and develop guidelines for and impose restrictions on the possession, usage, storage, and administration of medical marijuana to ensure the safety of others, safe facility operations, and compliance with other laws. A health facility is not required to handle medical marijuana for a patient. The act prohibits the department of public health and environment (department) from requiring compliance with the act as a condition for a health facility to obtain or renew a license or certification that it is required to carry to operate as a health facility. Additionally, the act prohibits the department from requiring compliance if compliance would result in a violation of state law, a loss of federal funding, noncompliance with the federal medicare or medicaid programs, or noncompliance with accreditation or licensing requirements. Lastly, the act allows a health facility to suspend compliance with the act's provisions in the event that, and only as long as, a listed federal entity takes an action that requires the health facility to suspend its compliance with the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Colorado SB 7 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters", "Health Care & Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Mullica", "L. Feret", "S. Lieder"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55da8799-3375-44c8-a9ff-a6bbb32bbd3e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-007"
source_hash: "5bd05fa04cae511b6e14a49e8f3f8860a787ce95d5c7ad36b9bdcee103ebccdd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 7 (2026A) — Medical Marijuana Use in Health Facilities

The act permits a health facility to allow patients who are terminally ill and who are registered in the state's medical marijuana program to use medical marijuana within the health facility, subject to certain parameters. The act requires a health facility that allows such use to document the patient's medical marijuana program registration and medical marijuana usage in the patient's medical records and develop guidelines for and impose restrictions on the possession, usage, storage, and administration of medical marijuana to ensure the safety of others, safe facility operations, and compliance with other laws. A health facility is not required to handle medical marijuana for a patient. The act prohibits the department of public health and environment (department) from requiring compliance with the act as a condition for a health facility to obtain or renew a license or certification that it is required to carry to operate as a health facility. Additionally, the act prohibits the department from requiring compliance if compliance would result in a violation of state law, a loss of federal funding, noncompliance with the federal medicare or medicaid programs, or noncompliance with accreditation or licensing requirements. Lastly, the act allows a health facility to suspend compliance with the act's provisions in the event that, and only as long as, a listed federal entity takes an action that requires the health facility to suspend its compliance with the act.(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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110701/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112121/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113314/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112249/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113104/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113077/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113868/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment E). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-007, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-007 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Mullica — primary (person)
- L. Feret — primary (person)
- S. Lieder — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-30** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-10** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-04** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55da8799-3375-44c8-a9ff-a6bbb32bbd3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).