---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric And Gas Utility Customer Protections"
description: "Section 1 of the act changes the date on which Energy Outreach Colorado disburses to the department of human services (department) a portion of the energy assistance system benefit charges that investor-owned electric and gas utilities collect from January 1, 2022, to March 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1018"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1018 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Faith Winter", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f4f655-6aec-4f73-a177-c4c6251a6696"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1018"
source_hash: "4a8190303ce7b303560800a28984d0b94cd33eb42e036bc786eaa48417c360ae"
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 22-1018 (2022A) — Electric And Gas Utility Customer Protections

Section 1 of the act changes the date on which Energy Outreach Colorado disburses to the department of human services (department) a portion of the energy assistance system benefit charges that investor-owned electric and gas utilities collect from January 1, 2022, to March 1, 2023.

## 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_hb1018_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018hene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018hfin_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1018_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1018_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **39–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — 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
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f4f655-6aec-4f73-a177-c4c6251a6696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).