Colorado packaging and PFAS laws

What Colorado has enacted on packaging and PFAS, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Colorado is one of 21 states that enacted a packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
4bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
3 June 2026most recent action

Packaging and PFAS laws enacted in Colorado

One packaging and PFAS law enacted in the Colorado Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • SB 16Prohibit Discharge Preproduction Plastic MaterialsEnacted 30 March 2026

    What it requires: A person shall not discharge plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials from a facility in the state. The division shall not issue a permit for the discharge of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials into state waters.

Packaging and PFAS in Colorado, by topic

Packaging and PFAS bills in Colorado

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

1Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

1Past committee

1Introduced or inactive

4 bills in scope

Cleared both chambers

1

SB 146Restrict Single-Use Food Serviceware DistributionVetoed

Past committee

1

SB 192Producer Responsibility Dues Appeals ProcessPassed chamber

What it would do: Establishes an administrative appeals process allowing producers to contest eco-modulated dues assessed by producer responsibility organizations by requesting a hearing before the advisory board, which issues recommendations to the Department for final determination.

Introduced or inactive

1

HB 25-1051Repeal Recycled Paper Carryout Bag FeeIntroduced

What it would do: Repeals the definition of recycled paper carryout bag and repeals the section requiring retail establishments to charge a fee for providing recycled paper carryout bags, while maintaining the prohibition on single-use plastic carryout bags.

Bill titles link to the Colorado Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as packaging and PFAS legislation

In scope: Packaging EPR; pFAS bans in products; pFAS in water, land and health; plastics bans and bottle deposits; and recyclability and labeling claims.

Questions

Does Colorado have a packaging and PFAS law?

Yes. Colorado enacted 1 packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 16. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which packaging and PFAS bills are moving in Colorado?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 146 (vetoed) and SB 192 (passed chamber).

What does Colorado legislate on most in packaging and PFAS?

Plastics bans and bottle deposits (2 bills) and Packaging EPR (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Packaging and PFAS bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Other practice areas in Colorado

Packaging and PFAS legislation in other jurisdictions

48 more currently hold bills in this tracker

Know when Colorado's packaging and PFAS law changes

An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.

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