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Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2022 Liquor, Nicotine, Marijuana, & Gaming Legislation

Subjects

Gaming, Lottery, & Racing

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

07/11/2022

During the 2022 legislative session, the General Assembly passed numerous measures related to the liquor, nicotine, marijuana, and gaming industries.

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Issue Briefs

Colorado Gaming Tax Revenue and Distributions (19-17)

In 1990, Colorado voters passed a constitutional amendment allowing limited gaming only in the cities of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek. Limited gaming is defined as “the use of slot machines and the card games of blackjack and poker, each game having a maximum single bet of five...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/22/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Gaming, Lottery, & Racing

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Excise Tax for Unsalable Alcoholic Beverages

Report No. 2019-TE25

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in November 2023. Click HERE to access the...

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

07/15/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Interstate Sales of Alcohol Excise Tax Exemption

Report No. 2019-TE21

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

07/15/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Issue Briefs

Colorado Marijuana Personal Cultivation Laws (19-10)

This issue brief provides an overview of Colorado’s laws, at both the state and local level, related to the personal cultivation of marijuana.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

06/28/2019

Subject:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Liquor, Tobacco/Nicotine, and Marijuana Legislation (2019)

During the 2019 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a number of bills related to the regulation of liquor, tobacco/nicotine, and marijuana.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

05/31/2019

Subject:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Staff Publications

2019 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In April 2018, the state received $177.3 million, including a one‑time payment of $113.3 million pursuant to the Nonparticipating Manufacturers Adjustment Settlement Agreement...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/29/2019

Subjects:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

Overview of the Transition from 3.2 to Full-Strength Beer

This memorandum responds to your request for background information related to the January 1, 2019, transition to full-strength beer.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/07/2019

Subject:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Issue Briefs

Authorization of Sports Betting (18-19)

In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court found in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association that the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (1992) violated the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because it illegally empowered the federal government to order...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/13/2018

Subject:

Gaming, Lottery, & Racing

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Occasional Sale of Liquor by Public Auction Exemption

Report No. 2018-TE6

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2018

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Sacramental Wines Excise Tax Exemption

Report No. 2018-TE7

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in May 2023. Click HERE to access the May 2023 report.

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2018

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

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