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Bill	Management Of Plastic Products	Under current law, local governments are prohibited from requiring or banning the use or sale of specific types of plastic materials or products. The act repeals the prohibition on July 1, 2024.The act prohibits stores and retail food establishments, on and after January 1, 2024, from providing single-use plastic carryout bags to customers; except that retail food establishments that are restaurants and small stores that operate solely in Colorado and have 3 or fewer locations may provide single-use plastic carryout bags. The prohibition does not apply to inventory purchased before January 1, 2024, and used on or before June 1, 2024, which may be supplied to a customer at the point of sale for a 10-cent or greater fee.Between January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2024, a store may furnish a recycled paper carryout bag or a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale if the customer pays a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located.On and after January 1, 2024, a store may furnish only a recycled paper carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale at a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee imposed by the municipality or county in which the store is located.A store is required to remit, on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, 60% of the carryout bag fee revenues to the municipality or county within which the store is located and may retain the remaining 40% of the carryout bag fee revenues. A municipality or county may use its portion of the carryout bag fee revenues to pay for its administrative and enforcement costs and any recycling, composting, or other waste diversion programs or related outreach or education activities.The carryout bag fee does not apply to a customer that provides evidence to the store that the customer is a participant in a federal or state food assistance program.The act prohibits a retail food establishment, on and after January 1, 2024, from distributing an expanded polystyrene product for use as a container for ready-to-eat food in this state. Retail food establishments that purchase expanded polystyrene products before January 1, 2024, may continue to use the products until their supply is depleted.The act also authorizes a local government to enforce against a violation of the act and expressly authorizes a county to impose a civil penalty against a store or retail food establishment of up to $500 for a second violation or up to $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation; except that a local government cannot enforce a violation committed by a retail food establishment located within a school.On and after July 1, 2024, a local government may enact, implement, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or charter provision that is as stringent as or more stringent than the requirements set forth in the act.The act does not apply to materials used in the packaging of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, or dietary supplements or any equipment or materials used to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, or dietary supplements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1162	Colorado HB 21-1162 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alex Valdez Julie Gonzales Leroy Garcia Lisa Cutter	13	18	12	2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00	2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/743394ba-3f14-403d-a493-0003116aa1c4	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1162	838df137e66bec8a3c28de88cba82d28565181cadfc3abe4f7964aad884f2391	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1162 (2021A) — Management Of Plastic Products

Under current law, local governments are prohibited from requiring or banning the use or sale of specific types of plastic materials or products. The act repeals the prohibition on July 1, 2024.The act prohibits stores and retail food establishments, on and after January 1, 2024, from providing single-use plastic carryout bags to customers; except that retail food establishments that are restaurants and small stores that operate solely in Colorado and have 3 or fewer locations may provide single-use plastic carryout bags. The prohibition does not apply to inventory purchased before January 1, 2024, and used on or before June 1, 2024, which may be supplied to a customer at the point of sale for a 10-cent or greater fee.Between January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2024, a store may furnish a recycled paper carryout bag or a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale if the customer pays a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located.On and after January 1, 2024, a store may furnish only a recycled paper carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale at a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee imposed by the municipality or county in which the store is located.A store is required to remit, on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, 60% of the carryout bag fee revenues to the municipality or county within which the store is located and may retain the remaining 40% of the carryout bag fee revenues. A municipality or county may use its portion of the carryout bag fee revenues to pay for its administrative and enforcement costs and any recycling, composting, or other waste diversion programs or related outreach or education activities.The carryout bag fee does not apply to a customer that provides evidence to the store that the customer is a participant in a federal or state food assistance program.The act prohibits a retail food establishment, on and after January 1, 2024, from distributing an expanded polystyrene product for use as a container for ready-to-eat food in this state. Retail food establishments that purchase expanded polystyrene products before January 1, 2024, may continue to use the products until their supply is depleted.The act also authorizes a local government to enforce against a violation of the act and expressly authorizes a county to impose a civil penalty against a store or retail food establishment of up to $500 for a second violation or up to $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation; except that a local government cannot enforce a violation committed by a retail food establishment located within a school.On and after July 1, 2024, a local government may enact, implement, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or charter provision that is as stringent as or more stringent than the requirements set forth in the act.The act does not apply to materials used in the packaging of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, or dietary supplements or any equipment or materials used to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, or dietary supplements.(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 (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/31/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA5 (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Reengrossed (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Rerevised (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Act (07/06/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• COW * — 17–18 (fail) · upper
• REPASS — 41–24 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 28–32 (fail) · lower
• CONCUR — 44–21 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 26–34 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 27–33 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 26–34 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 40–23 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 24–36 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 23–37 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 27–33 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Valdez — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
• Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/743394ba-3f14-403d-a493-0003116aa1c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).