Summary of Major Legislation Summary of 2022 Water Legislation During the 2022 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including water project funding, groundwater sustainability, watershed resiliency, turf replacement, and other wa... Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff Release date: 2022-05-24 Subjects: General Assembly Natural Resources & Environment Water
HB22-1327 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Native American Boarding Schools LONG TITLE: Concerning former Native American boarding schools in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Government SPONSORS: Rep. L. Herod Rep. B. McLachlan Sen. D. Moreno Sen. D. Coram
HB22-1248 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Extend School Leadership Pilot Program LONG TITLE: Concerning continuation of the school leadership pilot program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Rep. B. McLachlan Rep. D. Ortiz Sen. C. Simpson Sen. R. Zenzinger
SB22-104 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Tribal Governments Included In State Programs LONG TITLE: Concerning the inclusion of tribal governments in state programs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Government SPONSORS: Sen. K. Donovan Sen. C. Simpson Rep. B. McLachlan Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez
SB22-148 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Colorado Land-based Tribe Behavioral Health Services Grant Program LONG TITLE: Concerning the creation of a grant program to provide a grant to a Colorado land-based tribe to support infrastructure improvements to tribal behavioral health facilities that serve indigenous individuals, and, in connection therewith, makin... LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Human Services SPONSORS: Sen. K. Donovan Sen. C. Simpson Rep. B. McLachlan Rep. M. Catlin
HB22-1154 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Colorado Rotary License Plates LONG TITLE: Concerning the creation of a Colorado rotary license plate, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Transportation & Motor Vehicles SPONSORS: Rep. B. McLachlan Rep. D. Valdez Sen. D. Coram
SB22-070 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Licensed Personnel Performance Evaluations LONG TITLE: Concerning licensed personnel performance evaluations in public schools, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/24/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Sen. J. Bridges Rep. B. McLachlan Rep. J. McCluskie
HB22-1153 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Affirm Parentage Adoption In Assisted Reproduction LONG TITLE: Concerning affirming parentage by adoption for a person who did not give birth when the child is conceived as a result of assisted reproduction. LAST ACTION: 05/23/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Children & Domestic Matters SPONSORS: Rep. K. Tipper Rep. D. Esgar Sen. J. Bridges Sen. D. Moreno
SB22-233 Bill | 2022 Regular Session TABOR Refund Mechanism For FY 2021-22 Only LONG TITLE: Concerning an additional mechanism to refund excess state revenues for state fiscal year 2021-22 only that provides a refund in an identical amount to each qualified resident individual, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/23/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Fiscal Policy & Taxes State Revenue & Budget SPONSORS: Sen. N. Hinrichsen Sen. R. Rodriguez Rep. T. Exum Rep. L. Daugherty
HB22-1316 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Colorado Water Conservation Board Construction Fund Project LONG TITLE: Concerning the funding of Colorado water conservation board projects, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/23/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Natural Resources & Environment Water SPONSORS: Rep. K. McCormick Rep. M. Catlin Sen. K. Donovan Sen. C. Simpson
SB22-028 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Groundwater Compact Compliance Fund LONG TITLE: Concerning the creation of the groundwater compact compliance and sustainability fund, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/23/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Water SPONSORS: Sen. C. Simpson Sen. J. Sonnenberg Rep. D. Roberts Rep. M. Catlin
HB22-1403 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Extend HB21-1198 Implementation Date 3 Months LONG TITLE: Concerning a three-month delay in the implementation of health-care billing requirements for indigent patients established in House Bill 21-1198. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance SPONSORS: Rep. I. Jodeh Sen. J. Buckner
HB22-1301 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Controlled Environmental Agricultural Facility As Agricultural Property LONG TITLE: Concerning the treatment of controlled environment agricultural facilities for property tax purposes. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Agriculture Fiscal Policy & Taxes SPONSORS: Rep. M. Soper Rep. D. Roberts Sen. K. Donovan Sen. C. Simpson
HB22-1091 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Online Availability Of Judicial Opinions LONG TITLE: Concerning the online availability of opinions issued by Colorado courts, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Courts & Judicial SPONSORS: Rep. M. Soper Rep. M. Weissman Sen. B. Gardner Sen. J. Bridges
SB22-169 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Sensitive Species Data And Public Records LONG TITLE: Concerning the nondisclosure of sensitive species information under the "Colorado Open Records Act". LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Natural Resources & Environment State Government SPONSORS: Sen. K. Donovan Rep. P. Will Rep. E. Hooton
SB22-188 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Behavioral Health Support For Criminal Justice Advocates LONG TITLE: Concerning behavioral health support for advocates in the criminal justice system, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Courts & Judicial SPONSORS: Sen. R. Fields Sen. D. Coram Rep. D. Roberts Rep. B. Titone
SB22-201 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Commission On Judicial Discipline LONG TITLE: concerning judicial discipline, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Courts & Judicial SPONSORS: Sen. P. Lee Sen. B. Gardner Rep. M. Weissman Rep. T. Carver
SB22-145 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Resources To Increase Community Safety LONG TITLE: Concerning measures to provide resources to increase community safety, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement SPONSORS: Sen. J. Buckner Sen. J. Cooke Rep. A. Valdez Rep. P. Will
HB22-1282 Bill | 2022 Regular Session The Innovative Housing Incentive Program LONG TITLE: Concerning the creation of the innovative housing incentive program. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Government Housing SPONSORS: Rep. K. Mullica Rep. M. Lynch Sen. J. Bridges Sen. R. Woodward
HB22-1307 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Mental Health Professionals Technical Changes LONG TITLE: Concerning technical changes to the practice acts regulating mental health providers. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Professions & Occupations SPONSORS: Rep. D. Valdez Rep. A. Pico Sen. D. Moreno
SB22-012 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Versions Of The Colorado Constitution LONG TITLE: Concerning versions of the Colorado constitution. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Government SPONSORS: Sen. K. Donovan Rep. E. Hooton
SB22-227 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Continue Department Of Agriculture Spending Authority Agriculture Programs LONG TITLE: Concerning the continuation of the department of agriculture's spending authority granted through legislation enacted in the 2021 legislative session. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Agriculture State Revenue & Budget SPONSORS: Sen. N. Hinrichsen Rep. D. Valdez Rep. P. Will
SB22-194 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Money In Creative Industries Cash Fund LONG TITLE: Concerning allowing unencumbered money in the creative industries cash fund that is credited to the fund from the capital construction fund for the purposes of the art in public places program to be available for expenditure for three fiscal... LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: State Government SPONSORS: Sen. T. Story Sen. R. Fields Rep. D. Valdez Rep. E. Hooton
SB22-106 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Conflict Of Interest In Public Behavioral Health LONG TITLE: Concerning addressing conflicts of interest in regional organizations responsible for public behavioral health services, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance SPONSORS: Sen. C. Kolker Sen. J. Sonnenberg Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet Rep. J. Rich
HB22-1312 Bill | 2022 Regular Session Modifications To Sales Tax Statutes To Address Defects LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to sales tax statutes in order to address certain defects and anachronisms. LAST ACTION: 05/20/2022 | Governor Signed SUBJECTS: Fiscal Policy & Taxes SPONSORS: Rep. M. Lynch Rep. S. Woodrow Sen. D. Moreno Sen. R. Woodward
