Have a little taste of kush, Colorado. That’s the aim of a new bill to set up pot tasting rooms in towns that want them across the state.

House Bill 1258 would allow those with existing marijuana retail licenses to add a caveat that customers can use some of it on the premises, much like a swig of wine in a tasting room.

Denver voters had to go to the polls in 2016 to pass Initiative 300 in 2016, before Denver created a marijuana consumption license for businesses, which took effect last August. The bill would allow cities to establish the pot tasting rooms by local ordinance or ballot initiative.  Residents of counties could get it on the ballot by submitting petitions from 15 percent of the local registered voters.

The bill was introduced Monday and assigned to the House Finance Committee, but hasn’t yet been scheduled for its first hearing.

The bill is sponsored by two Democrats in the House. Reps. Jonathan Singer of Longmont, Leslie Herod of Denver and Jovan Melton of Aurora, along with Democratic Stephen Fenberg of Boulder and Republican Sens. Tim Neville of Littleton and Vicki Marble of Fort Collins.

“We don’t need people using marijuana in our parks or on our sidewalks,” Singer said in a statement provided by Terrapin Care Station, the cannabis company supporting the legislation. “This bill will help make sure people aren’t consuming more than they should and are doing it in an environment no different from what you would see at a winery or brewery.”

Neville stated: “This bill coincides with the goals of Colorado voters who approved Amendment 64. We are providing a safe, well-regulated environment for Colorado’s cannabis consumers.”

If it passes, the statewide law would take effect next January. Municipalities would retain authority on deciding whether to allow the tasting rooms.

Similar pot proposals, in past sessions, but it’s left some lawmakers and industry advocates with a bad taste in their mouths.

Last year, lawmakers couldn’t agree on a marijuana club license bill, which was co-sponsored by Marble and Melton. That bill died in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee on a 6-1 vote. Only Neville voted for it.

Another bill that sought to better define public consumption ultimately passed, but it bogged down and died on the last night of the session over an amendment about how many people could partake of pot on a front porch, in the eyes of the law.

Terrapin Care Station, a national cannabis company based in Boulder, called the newest proposal a step in the right direction to provide a supervised place for tourists to toke up in a “safe, responsible place.”

“Regulatory uncertainty on the local level has resulted in confusion, prompting the need for a statewide uniform policy,” he said in a statement. “This bill creates a uniform policy for licensed marijuana consumption establishments; provides a critical step towards cannabis-free public spaces; and allows consumers safe and supervised consumption while comporting with the state’s indoor smoking ban and protecting the integrity of Colorado’s regulatory system.”

This is an interesting proposed law, because Colorado, by other law, doesn’t allow indoor smoking, so pot patrons couldn’t technically “burn one.” Instead they could vaporize, and they could only sample single servings of edibles.

“(R)etail employees would be trained to spot for intoxication,” Terrapin Care Station noted in a press release..

“We look forward to having this critical conversation,” Woods said. “This legislation represents a potential giant step forward for the cannabis industry in Colorado.”