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Senate Finance approves marijuana regulation modernization bill after lengthy debate and amendments
Summary
After extensive testimony pro and con, the committee passed House Bill 12-09 with multiple sponsor-led amendments to modernize marijuana rules—streamlining employee background checks and R&D sampling, updating recordkeeping and surveillance rulemaking authority—and moved it to Appropriations on a 6-3 vote.
The Senate Finance Committee on Oct. 12 approved House Bill 12-09, a package of changes to Colorados marijuana regulatory code intended to streamline business requirements and give the Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) greater rulemaking flexibility, and sent the measure to the Committee on Appropriations by a recorded vote.
Sponsors, including Senator Gonzales and Majority Leader Rodriguez, said the measure is a business-focused modernization bill that "does not expand access to marijuana" but removes duplicative or outdated requirements adopted when Colorado first implemented adult-use regulation. Sponsors pointed to a more mature, multistate market and said the MED should be able to prioritize enforcement on youth access and product safety rather than administratively burdensome, low-impact requirements.
Key sponsor explanations and adopted amendments: - Replace duplicative…
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