republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-218.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Medical Marijuana Program"
description: "Medical marijuana program - physician relationship - primary caregiver relationship - dentist or advanced practice practitioner make recommendations - card validity length - health effects panel conflict disclosures - sunset - appropriation. In a bona fide physician-patient relationship for purposes of a medical marijuana recommendation, the act clarifies that if the patient is a child, as part of the relationship the physician must consult with the patient's parents. The act clarifies that a parent can be a primary caregiver for a child with a disabling medical condition. The act clarifies that a primary caregiver for a person with a debilitating or disabling medical condition receives the same confidentiality protections as other primary caregivers. The act clarifies that if a person with a medical marijuana card is convicted of a drug crime, the card is subject to revocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-218"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-218 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af38b44b-d2e1-410f-b639-79185c414a0c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-218"
source_hash: "5be79393f6f250565f060b9703f53bc6546d5e7d7856f1438fbfa970bb14ce9c"
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 19-218 (2019A) — Sunset Medical Marijuana Program

Medical marijuana program - physician relationship - primary caregiver relationship - dentist or advanced practice practitioner make recommendations - card validity length - health effects panel conflict disclosures - sunset - appropriation. In a bona fide physician-patient relationship for purposes of a medical marijuana recommendation, the act clarifies that if the patient is a child, as part of the relationship the physician must consult with the patient's parents. The act clarifies that a parent can be a primary caregiver for a child with a disabling medical condition. The act clarifies that a primary caregiver for a person with a debilitating or disabling medical condition receives the same confidentiality protections as other primary caregivers. The act clarifies that if a person with a medical marijuana card is convicted of a drug crime, the card is subject to revocation.

## 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_sb218_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218sfin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218sfinapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_218_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_218_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **51–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+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/af38b44b-d2e1-410f-b639-79185c414a0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).