republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1295.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hemp Products Deemed Not Adulterated Or Misbranded"
description: "The bill establishes that food and cosmetics are not adulterated or misbranded by virtue of containing industrial hemp. The bill also sets forth the department of public health and environment's powers with regard to applicants and registrants engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the wholesale food selling, manufacturing, processing, or storage of an industrial hemp product, as that term is defined in the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1295"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1295 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Don Coram", "Joseph Salazar"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e173dbb8-db95-4244-b193-6ea9bfb3127c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1295"
source_hash: "299ad946f93d376ad6e1ebb0682017b91178aa67fc28f07ee0384eece08eece7"
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 18-1295 (2018A) — Hemp Products Deemed Not Adulterated Or Misbranded

The bill establishes that food and cosmetics are not adulterated or misbranded by virtue of containing industrial hemp. The bill also sets forth the department of public health and environment's powers with regard to applicants and registrants engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the wholesale food selling, manufacturing, processing, or storage of an industrial hemp product, as that term is defined in the bill.

## 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/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1295_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_hb18-1295cc.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295agr_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1295_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- NOTCNCR — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- BYD SCP — **54–10** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Joseph Salazar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to No Report
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy `introduction`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+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/e173dbb8-db95-4244-b193-6ea9bfb3127c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).