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CO HB1033

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2026

Primary Sponsor

Monica Duran

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Removes the existing $10,000 annual net revenue cap for cottage food producers

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/26/2026
Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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