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CO HB1033
Bill
Status
1/14/2026
Primary Sponsor
Monica Duran
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AI Summary
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Expands the Colorado Cottage Foods Act to allow home kitchen producers to sell foods requiring refrigeration and time/temperature control, including tamales, burritos, and tortas, as well as foods containing federally or state-inspected meat products
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Removes the existing $10,000 annual net revenue cap for cottage food producers
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Requires producers selling temperature-controlled foods to complete additional food safety training on time and temperature control, maintain products at safe temperatures, and limit transport to no more than two hours
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Authorizes county, district, or regional health agencies to impose fines up to $100 for violations and recover investigation/inspection costs up to $1,000 when food products are found misbranded or linked to illness outbreaks
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Excludes raw milk, low-acid canned foods, alcohol beverages, cannabinoid products, and foods preserved by smoking, reduced oxygen processing, or curing from the expanded cottage foods provisions
Legislative Description
Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act
Health Care & Health Insurance
Last Action
House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
2/26/2026