republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1317.md

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Bill	Regulating Marijuana Concentrates	The act requires the Colorado school of public health to do a systematic review of the scientific research related to the possible physical and mental health effects of high-potency THC marijuana and concentrates using only funding provided by the general assembly. The act creates a scientific review council (council) to review the report and make recommendations to the general assembly. Based on the research and findings, the Colorado school of public health shall produce a public education campaign for the general public, to be approved by the council, regarding the effect of high-potency THC marijuana on the developing brain and mental health.Current law requires a doctor to conduct a full assessment of the patient's medical history when making a medical marijuana recommendation. The act requires that assessment to include the patient's mental health history. If the recommending physician is not the patient's primary care physician, the act directs the recommending physician to review the records of a diagnosing physician or licensed mental health provider. When a practitioner makes a medical marijuana authorization, the practitioner must certify that authorization to the department of public health and environment (department). The act requires the certification to include:The date of issue and the effective date of the recommendation;	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1317	Colorado HB 21-1317 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Chris Hansen Paul Lundeen Yadira Caraveo	13	17	7	2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/332dbe07-cce3-4ffa-a7f9-7f7a06fcab5c	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1317	9343376da84cb8a0db42ddb7cf323ed4c517c4a4f7fadb5d046c5ebd7265b993	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1317 (2021A) — Regulating Marijuana Concentrates

The act requires the Colorado school of public health to do a systematic review of the scientific research related to the possible physical and mental health effects of high-potency THC marijuana and concentrates using only funding provided by the general assembly. The act creates a scientific review council (council) to review the report and make recommendations to the general assembly. Based on the research and findings, the Colorado school of public health shall produce a public education campaign for the general public, to be approved by the council, regarding the effect of high-potency THC marijuana on the developing brain and mental health.Current law requires a doctor to conduct a full assessment of the patient's medical history when making a medical marijuana recommendation. The act requires that assessment to include the patient's mental health history. If the recommending physician is not the patient's primary care physician, the act directs the recommending physician to review the records of a diagnosing physician or licensed mental health provider. When a practitioner makes a medical marijuana authorization, the practitioner must certify that authorization to the department of public health and environment (department). The act requires the certification to include:The date of issue and the effective date of the recommendation;

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (06/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (05/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA2 (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA3 (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA4 (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Reengrossed (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Revised (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Act (06/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• COW * — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• COW * — 28–7 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 56–8 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 58–7 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
• Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-23T06:00:00+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
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 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 Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/332dbe07-cce3-4ffa-a7f9-7f7a06fcab5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).