republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1090.md

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Bill	Criminal Marijuana Offenses	The act eliminates the marijuana possession offense for possession of 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act raises the limit for illegal possession of marijuana by an underage person from one ounce of marijuana or less to 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act requires the court to seal a conviction record, without opportunity for the district attorney to object, for a marijuana possession offense that is otherwise not sealed, if the person files documents with the court that the person has not been convicted of a criminal offense since the final disposition of all criminal proceedings or release from supervision, whichever is later.The act allows a person who was convicted of a class 3 felony marijuana cultivation offense to petition to have his or her conviction record sealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1090	Colorado HB 21-1090 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alex Valdez Julie Gonzales	9	13	2	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/70603072-2a67-439b-b381-bdf89774b961	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1090	e1c66be078cee9c2dd4aadd63a00796621bed4e945cb517e0a8205401720041e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1090 (2021A) — Criminal Marijuana Offenses

The act eliminates the marijuana possession offense for possession of 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act raises the limit for illegal possession of marijuana by an underage person from one ounce of marijuana or less to 2 ounces of marijuana or less.The act requires the court to seal a conviction record, without opportunity for the district attorney to object, for a marijuana possession offense that is otherwise not sealed, if the person files documents with the court that the person has not been convicted of a criminal offense since the final disposition of all criminal proceedings or release from supervision, whichever is later.The act allows a person who was convicted of a class 3 felony marijuana cultivation offense to petition to have his or her conviction record sealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 45–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Valdez — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70603072-2a67-439b-b381-bdf89774b961. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).