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HB 1033 CO
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Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act

CO · session 2026A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jun 4, 2026) Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

Summary

CO HB 1033 expands the Colorado Cottage Foods Act to allow home food producers to make and sell refrigerated foods and foods containing meat products. The bill requires producers of foods requiring refrigeration to complete food safety training and register with the Department of Public Health and Environment. The bill increases the annual revenue limit for cottage food producers from $10,000 to $150,000 and allows producers to sell one type of refrigerated or meat-containing food product with up to five variations. The bill creates a cottage foods cash fund and appropriates funding for implementation and enforcement.

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Official abstract

The act expands the 'Colorado Cottage Foods Act' (CCFA) by allowing for the sale of homemade foods that require refrigeration and foods that include meat and meat products. A producer of a food (producer) that requires time and temperature control must take a food safety course that includes food handling training concerning time and temperature control and acquire and maintain proof of course completion.     A producer selling products that require time and temperature control for safety may sell one type of such food product, with the ability to offer up to 5 variations of that one type of food product. The producer must specify the individual food products that require time and temperature control for safety and provide a list of such food products to the department of public health and environment (department) or a county, district, or regional health agency (public health agency) upon request.     A producer selling products under the CCFA is required to register with the department before selling. The department must issue a registration number to each producer and maintain an electronic registry of producers. A producer may earn up to $150,000 of net revenues under the CCFA each calendar year, increased from $10,000 . The department is required to adjust this cap annually for inflation.     The act authorizes a public health agency that inspects or investigates homemade food products produced pursuant to the CCFA to impose a fine for a violation of the requirements of the CCFA and to recover the cost of the inspection or investigation. If a public health agency determines that, on 3 separate occasions within 12 months, a producer has misbranded food that requires time and temperature control for safety or failed to comply with requirements related to food that requires time and temperature control for safety, the producer shall not sell foods that require time and temperature control.     The act creates the cottage foods cash fund (cash fund) and transfers $300,000 into the cash fund ($200,000 from the medication administration cash fund and $100,000 from the assisted living residence cash fund). The act also appropriates $119,354 to the department to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (4)

33 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (16)

  1. Jun 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
  2. May 18, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. May 18, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  4. May 18, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  5. May 13, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
  6. May 12, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  7. May 11, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
  8. May 11, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  9. May 11, 2026 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
  10. May 7, 2026 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Finance · upper
  11. May 1, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources · upper
  12. Apr 30, 2026 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · lower
  13. Apr 29, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  14. Apr 28, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  15. Feb 26, 2026 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
  16. Jan 14, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources · lower
Subjects
AgricultureHealth Care & Health Insurance

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