republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1301.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis Outdoor Cultivation Measures"
description: "Section 1 of the act defines \"cross-pollination\", \"licensed outdoor marijuana cultivation\", \"outdoor cultivation\", \"registered outdoor hemp cultivation\", and \"volunteer cannabis plant\" in connection with the convening of a working group in section 2 to examine measures to minimize cross-pollination between cannabis plants, which working group is required to report its findings and recommendations on or before November 1, 2022, to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agricultural matters.Section 4 requires the state licensing authority created to regulate and control the licensing of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and testing of regulated marijuana to convene a working group on or before November 1, 2021, to examine existing rules and tax laws that apply to the wholesale marijuana cultivation market to explore how the rules and laws could be amended to better position Colorado businesses to be competitive if marijuana is legalized federally. The working group is required to report its findings and recommendations to the executive director of the department of revenue and the general assembly on or before June 1, 2022.Section 5 authorizes the state licensing authority to engage in rule-making on:The implementation, including the process, procedures, requirements, and restrictions, of contingency plans for outdoor marijuana cultivation facilities to ameliorate crop loss due to adverse weather; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1301"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1301 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno", "Don Coram", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb1f6114-3f61-4c2f-9d0a-b0ced0e0ec9f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1301"
source_hash: "606e29e98575da9590764f6cdee34f922f59f7c620715eb9f206e46440b1bb67"
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 21-1301 (2021A) — Cannabis Outdoor Cultivation Measures

Section 1 of the act defines "cross-pollination", "licensed outdoor marijuana cultivation", "outdoor cultivation", "registered outdoor hemp cultivation", and "volunteer cannabis plant" in connection with the convening of a working group in section 2 to examine measures to minimize cross-pollination between cannabis plants, which working group is required to report its findings and recommendations on or before November 1, 2022, to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agricultural matters.Section 4 requires the state licensing authority created to regulate and control the licensing of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and testing of regulated marijuana to convene a working group on or before November 1, 2021, to examine existing rules and tax laws that apply to the wholesale marijuana cultivation market to explore how the rules and laws could be amended to better position Colorado businesses to be competitive if marijuana is legalized federally. The working group is required to report its findings and recommendations to the executive director of the department of revenue and the general assembly on or before June 1, 2022.Section 5 authorizes the state licensing authority to engage in rule-making on:The implementation, including the process, procedures, requirements, and restrictions, of contingency plans for outdoor marijuana cultivation facilities to ameliorate crop loss due to adverse weather; and

## 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/2021a_hb1301_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301sfin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1301_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1301_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23T06:00:00+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 Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb1f6114-3f61-4c2f-9d0a-b0ced0e0ec9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).