CO SB205

Authorizes the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to promulgate rules prohibiting chemically modified, converted, or synthetically derived intoxicating tetrahydrocannabinol isomers (including delta-8, delta-9, and delta-10) in final products available for sale, whether derived from industrial hemp or synthetically produced.

Creates a task force to study intoxicating hemp products and provide legislative and rule recommendations, with the executive director required to convene the task force by September 1, 2022, and consisting of 15 representative positions from state agencies, marijuana licensees, hemp producers, retailers, testing labs, and consumer organizations.

Requires the task force to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2023, containing legislative recommendations for industrial hemp regulation and an analysis of each recommendation's effectiveness.

Adds violation of deceptive trade practice provisions as they apply to hemp, industrial hemp products, intoxicating hemp, adult use cannabis products, and cannabis-derived items.

Appropriates $587,347 to the Department of Law for the 2022-23 fiscal year from the marijuana tax cash fund to implement the bill, including 3.0 FTE for consumer protection and antitrust work.