republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-205.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intoxicating Hemp And Tetrahydrocannabinol Products"
description: "The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to prohibit the chemical modification, conversion, or synthetic derivation of intoxicating tetrahydrocannabinol isomers that originate from industrial hemp or may be synthetically derived."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-205"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-205 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Chris Holbert", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fbb0366-41b4-4fb2-b7bd-3f699bfea153"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-205"
source_hash: "3fbfd4e5cc843b0100a17f6516234c539a4f327adac1f7b65248a44f195f88a1"
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 22-205 (2022A) — Intoxicating Hemp And Tetrahydrocannabinol Products

The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to prohibit the chemical modification, conversion, or synthetic derivation of intoxicating tetrahydrocannabinol isomers that originate from industrial hemp or may be synthetically derived.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb205_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_s_blt_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_s_blt_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_h_pbh_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_205_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_205_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fbb0366-41b4-4fb2-b7bd-3f699bfea153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).