---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes To County Court Judges In Western Colorado"
description: "For county court organizational and administrative purposes, the act changes the classifications of Garfield and Montezuma counties from Class C to Class B."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1237"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1237 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Dylan Roberts", "Kerry Donovan", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7009394b-fe4f-4d07-8024-64890f3338c4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1237"
source_hash: "f257758c0634da5837566b9db418d1e350e8f31e0f461d656a03967cf8044768"
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 HB 22-1237 (2022A) — Changes To County Court Judges In Western Colorado

For county court organizational and administrative purposes, the act changes the classifications of Garfield and Montezuma counties from Class C to Class B.

## 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_hb1237_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1237_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1237_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/7009394b-fe4f-4d07-8024-64890f3338c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).