republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-220.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hemp Regulation Alignment With 2018 Federal Farm Bill"
description: "Industrial hemp - alignment with federal law - state plan of regulation. In 2018, the federal government enacted the \"Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018\" (federal act), which removed hemp from schedule I of the federal \"Controlled Substances Act\". The federal act requires the United States department of agriculture (USDA) to develop a plan for the regulation of hemp and authorizes each state to seek approval from the USDA to have primary regulatory authority over hemp production within the state by preparing and submitting a state plan of regulation to the secretary of the USDA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-220"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-220 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Lori Saine", "Stephen Fenberg", "Vicki Marble"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d9f37e9-e996-4abf-a731-b4cfe2805212"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-220"
source_hash: "d27922beecc04e6390195350c0c2099217426513ae8033ce41f67ff0339e4977"
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 19-220 (2019A) — Hemp Regulation Alignment With 2018 Federal Farm Bill

Industrial hemp - alignment with federal law - state plan of regulation. In 2018, the federal government enacted the "Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018" (federal act), which removed hemp from schedule I of the federal "Controlled Substances Act". The federal act requires the United States department of agriculture (USDA) to develop a plan for the regulation of hemp and authorizes each state to seek approval from the USDA to have primary regulatory authority over hemp production within the state by preparing and submitting a state plan of regulation to the secretary of the USDA.

## 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_sb220_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220sagr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220sagrapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220sa_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_220_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_220_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
- Vicki Marble — 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
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d9f37e9-e996-4abf-a731-b4cfe2805212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).