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type: "Bill"
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title: "Neonic Pesticides As Limited-use Pesticides"
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description: "The act requires that, on or before January 1, 2024, the commissioner of agriculture adopt rules requiring neonicotinoid pesticides to be designated as limited-use pesticides and authorizing only licensed dealers to sell them. Products containing neonicotinoid active ingredients used in academic research are exempted from the limited-use pesticide designation, as are the following products that contain neonicotinoid active ingredients and for which the product label includes an intended use as:"
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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 23-266"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-266 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Kevin Priola", "Kyle Brown", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-04-04T06:00:00+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/7fbf9364-222f-4505-aa3e-16b133ea2de4"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-266"
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source_hash: "afd6c7be633eb173d0c706541fce06c55353a59c68725d95bedf775654701323"
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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 23-266 (2023A) — Neonic Pesticides As Limited-use Pesticides
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The act requires that, on or before January 1, 2024, the commissioner of agriculture adopt rules requiring neonicotinoid pesticides to be designated as limited-use pesticides and authorizing only licensed dealers to sell them. Products containing neonicotinoid active ingredients used in academic research are exempted from the limited-use pesticide designation, as are the following products that contain neonicotinoid active ingredients and for which the product label includes an intended use as:
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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_sb266_h_awn_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_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_266_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_s_agr_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_266_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_266_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **46–19** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **26–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
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- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
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- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
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- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — 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** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `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/7fbf9364-222f-4505-aa3e-16b133ea2de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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