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type: "Bill"
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title: "Standards For Products Represented As Compostable"
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description: "The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "SB 23-253"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-253 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karen McCormick", "Lisa Cutter", "Meg Froelich"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-253"
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source_hash: "2dd0f9cf18d7393d39fbed1953eb671a43f7047771cfc3ff6a33932ae6cd73f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 23-253 (2023A) — Standards For Products Represented As Compostable
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The act creates standards (standards) for products that are represented, marketed, or advertised in the state as being capable of undergoing decomposition in a controlled composting system as demonstrated in accordance with applicable international standards for compostable products set by ASTM International (compostable).
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb253_h_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_253_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_253_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **22–9** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **47–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
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- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
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- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cc697f-c7e9-4e9b-bd73-fc80b2c55ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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