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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Victim Rights Act"
+description: "The act updates the \"Victim Rights Act\" (act). The purpose of the act is to ensure all victims of crimes are protected by law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2022A"
+identifier: "SB 22-049"
+citation: "Colorado SB 22-049 (2022A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kerry Tipper", "Rhonda Fields", "Terri Carver"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f8bfa5-339f-41fa-ad03-010db24294b7"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-049"
+source_hash: "7ae3873c9464545591d7f57ed8f07f221c480998f053430d5c8b8dc079c28b79"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 22-049 (2022A) — Victim Rights Act
+
+The act updates the "Victim Rights Act" (act). The purpose of the act is to ensure all victims of crimes are protected by law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb049_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049sjud_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_h_jud_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_049_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
+- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
+- Terri Carver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
+- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
+- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f8bfa5-339f-41fa-ad03-010db24294b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+