republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Retail Marijuana Taxes"
description: "Section 1 of the bill:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-259"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-259 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Pabon", "Jim Smallwood"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ca4a863-0b04-4588-9184-5108fb6dad14"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-259"
source_hash: "f0031896c83edab02b669b8fa066d7820d9b33291ffb513193231afd0f39830a"
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 18-259 (2018A) — Local Government Retail Marijuana Taxes

Section 1 of 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_sb259_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee (05/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_sb18-259cc.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259sfin_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (04/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259sfinapp.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_259_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **51–13** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Pabon — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/07/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ca4a863-0b04-4588-9184-5108fb6dad14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).