Illegal drug lab bill progresses to Senate Finance Committee

The bill was approved by its first committee

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

A bill introduced to the local government and housing committee of the senate about illegal drug laboratories in homes was approved on March 10.

SB 23-148, presented by Colorado Sen. Lisa Cutter, adds to current laws about remediation. Currently, the department of public health and environment certi es people who assess, decontaminate or sample property that once were sites of illegal drug laboratories.

e bill adds a requirement that the department will inspect the work of each certi ed person once every three years. If errors are found, remedial education or decerti cation will ensue for the responsible party.

e bill also requires the department to create a public database of buildings that have been used as illegal drug laboratories. A building can be removed from the database ve years after the property has been decontaminated.