republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration Of Industrial Hemp Cultivators"
description: "Current law requires persons who wish to cultivate industrial hemp to apply to the department of agriculture for a registration. The bill adds a requirement that applicants to cultivate industrial hemp for commercial purposes provide the names of each officer, director, member, partner, or owner of 10% or more in the entity applying for registration and any person managing or controlling the entity. Applicants for a registration may be denied registration for up to 3 years if any individual or entity listed in the application was previously subject to discipline, or the individual or entity was previously listed by an entity that was subject to discipline. When a registration is suspended, revoked, or relinquished, a new application for registration may be denied for up to 3 years after the effective date of discipline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1148"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1148 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni Arndt", "John Cooke"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0289d6-a3ef-4e1d-8f47-03c47b248624"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1148"
source_hash: "a3aa17e15524d2e26dcc3466c08d68d698231b6fc63dd3c3734740dc7e0fb867"
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 HB 17-1148 (2017A) — Registration Of Industrial Hemp Cultivators

Current law requires persons who wish to cultivate industrial hemp to apply to the department of agriculture for a registration. The bill adds a requirement that applicants to cultivate industrial hemp for commercial purposes provide the names of each officer, director, member, partner, or owner of 10% or more in the entity applying for registration and any person managing or controlling the entity. Applicants for a registration may be denied registration for up to 3 years if any individual or entity listed in the application was previously subject to discipline, or the individual or entity was previously listed by an entity that was subject to discipline. When a registration is suspended, revoked, or relinquished, a new application for registration may be denied for up to 3 years after the effective date of discipline.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1148_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1148_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1148 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1148 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. — **10–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeni Arndt — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/21/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad0289d6-a3ef-4e1d-8f47-03c47b248624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).