---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Alcohol Beverage Excise Tax Exemption"
description: "Current law provides an excise tax exemption for up to one gallon, or 4 liters, of alcohol beverages brought by air passengers into the state from a foreign country. The act expands the exemption to all individuals entering the state from another state or a foreign country and allows alcohol beverages to be brought into the state, for personal use and not for sale, up to the following amounts:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1017"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1017 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Dan Woog", "Larry Liston", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe94b60-eb99-40f6-84ad-b4fa9ce6a01a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1017"
source_hash: "70c4a1afca629e2f99ef33ba6303e016e1f31360e279ae2c7c020191b330d610"
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 22-1017 (2022A) — Increase Alcohol Beverage Excise Tax Exemption

Current law provides an excise tax exemption for up to one gallon, or 4 liters, of alcohol beverages brought by air passengers into the state from a foreign country. The act expands the exemption to all individuals entering the state from another state or a foreign country and allows alcohol beverages to be brought into the state, for personal use and not for sale, up to the following amounts:

## 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_hb1017_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017hbus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1017_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1017_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Dan Woog — primary (person)
- Larry Liston — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abe94b60-eb99-40f6-84ad-b4fa9ce6a01a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).