ColoradoColorado sets marijuana rates and explains how it calculates them
Colorado’s department sets rates for fresh frozen marijuana by July 2027 and publishes how it calculates each rate category while protecting sensitive information.
What it does
The department’s rates include fresh frozen indoor and outdoor marijuana. Initial rates for marijuana used in extracts must be lower than the rate for marijuana sold directly to consumers.
For each marijuana price category it sets, the department must explain the general methods and data used to calculate the rate while protecting sensitive information.
Argument forPublishing the general methods and data behind each rate could help growers and sellers understand how the department calculates those rates.
Argument againstDifferent rates for fresh frozen products and marijuana used in extracts could make it harder for growers and sellers to estimate the rates that apply to their products.
More detail
The department must include rates for fresh frozen indoor and outdoor marijuana and set initial rates for marijuana used in extracts below the rate for marijuana sold directly to consumers. The rates cover unprocessed retail marijuana sold or transferred from cultivation facilities to product makers or retail stores. Outdoor marijuana must be grown under natural sunlight and exposed to natural weather, with exceptions for limited artificial light, common farm practices, and protection under an approved severe-weather plan. The department must adopt rules setting the fresh frozen rates on or before July 1, 2027.
The department must publish a general description of the methods and data it uses to calculate each rate category. The descriptions cover each category of unprocessed retail marijuana for which the department sets an average market rate. The department must protect confidential, business-sensitive, and identifying information. The act took effect July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 3Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Jun 2Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Jun 2Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Jun 2Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 12House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - FloorPassed Senate
- Vote recorded AMEND (L.008). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- May 7Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment I). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment H). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1077, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- May 1Introduced In Senate - Assigned to FinanceMinor
- Apr 30House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Apr 28House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1077, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment J.001. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1077 to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Introduced In House - Assigned to FinanceIntroduced
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