SB 18-105

Senate Bill 18-105 is a correction to an earlier law (House Bill 17-1367) that had mistakenly required marijuana testing labs in Colorado to meet both state certification and international accreditation standards. The bill fixes this error by changing the requirement from "both" to "either," meaning labs now only need to be certified by the state or accredited internationally, not both. This change affects agencies that rely on these test results for their operations. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now official and in effect.

Official Summary

House Bill 17-1367 required that a state, local, or municipal agency only employ or use the results of marijuana tests if the tests were conducted by an analytical laboratory that was both certified by the state marijuana enforcement division (MED) and accredited pursuant to the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission standard (international standard). The requirement that an analytical laboratory be both certified by the MED and accredited pursuant to the international standard was an inadvertent error. The intent was that an analytical laboratory could either be certified by the MED or accredited pursuant to the international standard. The bill changes the 'and' to an 'or' in order to effectuate the original intent. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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