republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Marijuana Condition Autism"
description: "Medical marijuana - disabling medical conditions - autism spectrum disorders. The act adds autism spectrum disorders to the list of disabling medical conditions that authorize a person to use medical marijuana for his or her condition. Under current law, a child under 18 years of age who wants to be added to the medical marijuana registry for a disabling medical condition must be diagnosed as having a disabling medical condition by 2 physicians, one of whom must be a board-certified pediatrician, a board-certified family physician, or a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist who attests that he or she is part of the patient's primary care provider team. The act removes the additional requirements on specific physicians to align with the constitutional provisions for a debilitating medical condition. The act states if the recommending physician is not the patient's primary care physician, the recommending physician shall review the records of a diagnosing physician or a licensed mental health provider acting within its scope of practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1028"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1028 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Edie Hooton", "Kim Ransom", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c36557-3764-463e-b97e-4d6d2f8c284a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1028"
source_hash: "b40e4f160fd963452971d7cbeb1eeb672b4470081aa16e13182364fb0a191abb"
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 19-1028 (2019A) — Medical Marijuana Condition Autism

Medical marijuana - disabling medical conditions - autism spectrum disorders. The act adds autism spectrum disorders to the list of disabling medical conditions that authorize a person to use medical marijuana for his or her condition. Under current law, a child under 18 years of age who wants to be added to the medical marijuana registry for a disabling medical condition must be diagnosed as having a disabling medical condition by 2 physicians, one of whom must be a board-certified pediatrician, a board-certified family physician, or a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist who attests that he or she is part of the patient's primary care provider team. The act removes the additional requirements on specific physicians to align with the constitutional provisions for a debilitating medical condition. The act states if the recommending physician is not the patient's primary care physician, the recommending physician shall review the records of a diagnosing physician or a licensed mental health provider acting within its scope of practice.

## 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/2019a_hb1028_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_eng.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (2) (02/06/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_en2.pdf)
4. **Final Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/07/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1028_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REFER — **61–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Re-referred to House Committee of the Whole - No Amendments `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c36557-3764-463e-b97e-4d6d2f8c284a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).