---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intimidating A Witness Changes"
description: "The act expands the ways that intimidating a witness may be committed by stating that the threat or act that constitutes intimidation can be directed at a person the perpetrator believes may have information relevant to a criminal investigation or a person the perpetrator believes may be able to exert influence upon a witness or victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-024"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-024 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "John Cooke", "Matt Soper", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ca209a-b5cd-42f9-a40a-58c2741104e3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-024"
source_hash: "721dbef0afd0e7bf7b8decda331ba1d775264592c80df0db93b6186d61f7aedf"
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 22-024 (2022A) — Intimidating A Witness Changes

The act expands the ways that intimidating a witness may be committed by stating that the threat or act that constitutes intimidation can be directed at a person the perpetrator believes may have information relevant to a criminal investigation or a person the perpetrator believes may be able to exert influence upon a witness or victim.

## 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_sb024_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_024_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_024_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+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/81ca209a-b5cd-42f9-a40a-58c2741104e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).