republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1409.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions"
description: "Current law requires 3.5% of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue to be distributed to local governments. The act eliminates the distribution to local governments and allocates the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue as follows, on and after July 1, 2026:73.17% to the marijuana tax cash fund (fund);11.33% to the state public school fund;1.5% to the marijuana cash fund; and14% to the general fund. The act also directs the state treasurer to transfer from the fund to the state public school fund on June 30, 2027, and on each June 30 thereafter, an amount equal to the difference between the balance of the fund and:15% of the amount that the general assembly appropriated from the fund in that fiscal year; andAny amount of the fund designated to be part of the emergency reserve for that fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Colorado HB 1409 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Policy & Taxes", "Liquor", "Tobacco", "& Marijuana", "Local Government", "State Government", "State Revenue & Budget"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9132ccf3-ade4-4a53-bde1-5e4dd8eb8cb4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1409"
source_hash: "99f51160bee814bf185c5a37a6dd4d8aeaf49a5c17dfc86338cefdbd4a0afe2a"
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 1409 (2026A) — Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions

Current law requires 3.5% of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue to be distributed to local governments. The act eliminates the distribution to local governments and allocates the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue as follows, on and after July 1, 2026:73.17% to the marijuana tax cash fund (fund);11.33% to the state public school fund;1.5% to the marijuana cash fund; and14% to the general fund. The act also directs the state treasurer to transfer from the fund to the state public school fund on June 30, 2027, and on each June 30 thereafter, an amount equal to the difference between the balance of the fund and:15% of the amount that the general assembly appropriated from the fund in that fiscal year; andAny amount of the fund designated to be part of the emergency reserve for that fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114056/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114355/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116938/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114446/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114782/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114698/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117188/download)

## Votes

- Adopt the first report of first conference committee on H.B. 26-1409 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1409 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1409 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-04-24** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-04-17** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-07** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9132ccf3-ade4-4a53-bde1-5e4dd8eb8cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).