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2022 Legislative Session Bill Results
Below is a list of bills that were supported (or not) by the All Families Deserve a Chance Coalition. We updated this list as each bill moves through the various legislative committees that needed to address it before coming to a vote of the legislature. The final results can be seen in the Status column. PLEASE NOTE: In the Title & Description column, many of the Titles have a link to an information sheet or draft of the bill. Those links are underlined and highlighted in green.
Bill # | Type | Sponsors | Title & Description | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Budget (Long Bill) | Housing and Renter Protections | Eviction Legal Defense: Request for greater funding for existing program to help ensure tenants have representation in eviction court. | Support | Included in the budget through an amend-ment in the Senate | |
| HB22 1377 | Housing and Renter Protections | Rep. Woodrow, Rep. Exum, Sen. Kolker, Sen. Gonzales | Grant Program Providing Responses to Homelessness Creating a program to provide grants to local governments and nonprofits to respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness. | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 1378 | 1377Housing and Renter Protections | Rep. Jodeh, Rep. Sullivan, Sen. Coleman, Sen. Hansen | Denver-metro Regional Navigation Campus Grant Allocates funds that will be granted to a local government and potentially a community partner to create a hub to respond to and prevent homelessness in the metro area | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 1083 | Housing and Renter Protections | Rep. Tipper, Rep. Rich, Sen. Winter | Colorado Homeless Contribution Income Tax Credit: Modifies existing tax credit to establish statewide eligibility and support full continuum of effective homeless interventions and services. | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| SB22 019 | Housing and Renter Protections | Sen. Winter, Rep. Woodrow | Technical Clarification of Eviction Court Record Access: Ensures that legal services providers can appropriately counsel prospective clients without undermining the goals of HB20-1009. | Support | Became law—Governor signed on 3/15/22! |
| HB22 1287 | Housing and Renter Protections | Rep. Boesenecker, Rep. Hooton, Sen. Winter | Mobile Home Park Act: Build on and strengthen protections for mobile home park residents | Support | Passed with significant amendments; on to Governor |
| HB22 1259 | Family Economic Security | Rep. Duran, Rep. Jodeh, Sen. Moreno, Sen. Story | TANF BCA Increase and Reform: Increase cash assistance and make improvements to how TANF serves families. | Support | Passed with significant amendments; on to Governor |
| SB22 086 | Family Economic Security | Sen. Winter, Sen. Gonzales, Rep. Gray, Rep. Gonzales-Gutierrez | Homestead Exemption and Consumer Debt Protection: Update laws protecting assets & income from seizure by debtors & creditors to address current economic realities and family needs. | Support | Became law: Governor signed on 4/7/2022 |
| SB22 087 | Family Economic Security | Sen. Pettersen, Sen. Fields, Rep. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. Michaelson Jenet | Healthy Meals for All Public School Students Creates pathway for schools to provide free meals to all students and provides incentives to increase parent involvement and purchasing from Colorado producers. | Support | Postponed indefinitely |
| HB22 1414 | Family Economic Security | Sen. Pettersen, Sen. Fields, Rep. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. Michaelson Jenet | Refers a ballot initiative for November 2022 to close tax loopholes to fund free school meals to all Colorado public school students. | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 1133 | Family Economic Security | Rep. Gray, Sen. Winter | Family and Medical Leave Insurance: Allows Colorado to prepay $57 million of premiums in the current fiscal year. Prepaying them will save Colorado money in future years, helping to alleviate forthcoming deficits. | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 233 | Family Economic Security | Sen. Hinrichsen, Sen. Rodriguez, Rep. Exum, Rep. Daugherty |
TABOR Refund Mechanism: Flattens TABOR rebate mechanism so all tax filers will receive a $400 (or $800 for joint filers) rebate. For FY 2021-22 Only | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 1009 | Workforce Development | Rep. Gray, Rep. Sullivan, Sen. Zenzinger | Continue Workforce Diploma Pilot Program: Make pilot program permanent AFDC Coalition voted to take an “amend” position in the interest of ensuring that a wider range of providers are able to participate in this program. | Amend | Postponed indefinitely |
| HB22 1010 | Workforce Development | Rep. Sirota & Rep. Van Beber, Sen. Buckner & Sen. Kirkmeyer | Early Childhood Educator Tax Credit: Improves compensation of the early childhood workforce, and increases access to child care providers for those facing the greatest barriers. | Support | Passed with amendments; on to Governor |
| HB22-1230 | Workforce Development | Rep. Exum | Renewing the Emergency Employment and Job Retention Support Services Program: Sustain and potentially increase availability of support services for employment goals | Support | Passed with amendments; on to Governor |
| Health Care Access | Rep. Ricks, Sen. Buckner | International Medical Graduate Health-Care Workforce Creating pathways for New Americans with medical training to join the health care workforce and address pressing shortages. Draft Bill | Support | Passed with significant amendments; on to Governor | |
| HB22 1289 | Health Care Access | Rep. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. McCluskie, Sen. Moreno | Health Benefits For Colorado Children and Pregnant Persons Perinatal Health Equity Act would Increase access to health care for low-income, undocumented Coloradans. | Support | Passed; on to Governor |
| HB22 1279 | Health Care Access | Rep. Froelich, Sen. Gonzales | Reproductive Health Equity Act: Codify right to abortion access to ensure all Coloradans have full autonomy over when and if they have children. | Support | Became law—Governor signed on 4/4/22 |