republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-205.md

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Bill	Industrial Hemp Designation Agricultural Product	Section 1 of the bill includes the unprocessed seeds of industrial hemp in the definition of 'commodity' within the 'Commodity Handler Act', thus subjecting a person who acts as a commodity handler with respect to the unprocessed seeds of industrial hemp to the licensing requirements set forth in the 'Commodity Handler Act'.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-205	Colorado SB 18-205 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Don Coram Marc Catlin Vicki Marble	8	14	4	2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00	2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/acb80253-3b05-4c28-bd19-7fa2d9e5c9a8	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-205	f7e2dd56ba68bb0ff7aa101cf7367883177a9a2b462a3a3fff721983f09b4679	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-205 (2018A) — Industrial Hemp Designation Agricultural Product

Section 1 of the bill includes the unprocessed seeds of industrial hemp in the definition of 'commodity' within the 'Commodity Handler Act', thus subjecting a person who acts as a commodity handler with respect to the unprocessed seeds of industrial hemp to the licensing requirements set forth in the 'Commodity Handler Act'.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/28/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 60–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Marc Catlin — primary (person)
• Vicki Marble — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources introduction
• 2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acb80253-3b05-4c28-bd19-7fa2d9e5c9a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).