---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Designation Of Over-snow Use Only Highways"
description: "The act authorizes a local government to designate all or a portion of a highway under its jurisdiction for over-snow use only when snow-packed conditions exist on the highway or for a designated continuous seasonal period for which the local government determines that snow-packed conditions are likely to exist on the highway. \"Over-snow use\" is defined as travel on top of snow by human-powered or animal-powered means or by an off-highway vehicle that is primarily designed or altered for use over snow and runs without tires on a continuous belt track or on one or more skis while in use over snow. A local government may limit an over-snow use designation to human-powered or animal-powered travel, or both, and the act does not prohibit a local authority from entering into a private winter maintenance agreement when wheeled winter access is requested along a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1046"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1046 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Faith Winter", "Marc Catlin", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a455cb-5676-4e05-b2b8-cf8387bba879"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1046"
source_hash: "5e4626a1d9d088f19e4143068c19fc39d6da9039438811ead80079df5f49fe74"
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 22-1046 (2022A) — Local Designation Of Over-snow Use Only Highways

The act authorizes a local government to designate all or a portion of a highway under its jurisdiction for over-snow use only when snow-packed conditions exist on the highway or for a designated continuous seasonal period for which the local government determines that snow-packed conditions are likely to exist on the highway. "Over-snow use" is defined as travel on top of snow by human-powered or animal-powered means or by an off-highway vehicle that is primarily designed or altered for use over snow and runs without tires on a continuous belt track or on one or more skis while in use over snow. A local government may limit an over-snow use designation to human-powered or animal-powered travel, or both, and the act does not prohibit a local authority from entering into a private winter maintenance agreement when wheeled winter access is requested along a highway.

## 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_hb1046_s_tra_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046htlg_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_s_tra_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1046_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1046_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- 2022-02-18 09:35:56 — **58–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a455cb-5676-4e05-b2b8-cf8387bba879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).