ColoradoPesticide Product Disposal & Container Recycling
What it does
The act creates the pesticide product disposal and container recycling enterprise (enterprise) in the department of agriculture (department). The board of directors of the enterprise (board) consists of the members of the state agricultural commission. The enterprise is tasked with developing and administering a program for the disposal of pesticide products not identified as exempt from the program by the board (eligible pesticide products) and with coordinating the recycling of pesticide product containers (program).
More detail
Along with providing these business services, the program must:Organize eligible pesticide product disposal events for commercial applicators and private applicators across the state;Provide outreach and education to commercial applicators and private applicators on proper and safe disposal of eligible pesticide products and the recycling of their containers and the services provided by the program; andProvide certain business services to an applicant that registers an eligible pesticide product with the commissioner of agriculture for sale or distribution in the state (applicant). The enterprise operates as a government-owned business imposing:A pesticide product disposal fee for each eligible pesticide product that is disposed of through the program; andA pesticide registration product disposal fee on each applicant, which fee must be no more than $50 per eligible pesticide product. The fees are credited to the pesticide product disposal and container recycling enterprise cash fund (fund) for use by the enterprise to carry out the program. Money credited to the fund is continuously appropriated to the enterprise for the purposes set forth in the act. Commencing in 2028, the enterprise must annually report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agricultural matters the following information for the previous 12 months: the amount of fees collected, the total revenue generated by the fees, the location and times of disposal events held, a summary of the amount and types of products disposed of, and a description of education and outreach activities conducted. $19,875 is appropriated from the legal services cash fund to the department of law to provide legal services for the department in implementing the act. The appropriation is from revenue received from the department that is continuously appropriated to the department from the fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 26Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 21Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 21Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 21Sent 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 9House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- May 8Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1111, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment J.004. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- May 5Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1111 to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- May 4House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 4Introduced In Senate - Assigned to FinanceMinor
- May 1House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1111, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment J.001. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Mar 26House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1111, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.007. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to FinanceMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.006. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1111, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.004, as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural ResourcesIntroduced