---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting Transcript And Diploma Withholding"
description: "The act authorizes a postsecondary institution to refuse to provide a transcript or diploma to a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt for tuition, room and board fees, or financial aid funds, unless the student owes a debt other than a debt for tuition, room and board fees, or financial aid funds, or if the student can demonstrate that the transcript or diploma is needed for certain purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1049"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1049 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Jeff Bridges", "Jennifer Bacon", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b686a9aa-3501-4122-8e4e-8a2ab6f04ef7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1049"
source_hash: "d881604072e9c48d34d7126125092a918da0f17ca54ce90c34aba50568bd140c"
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 22-1049 (2022A) — Prohibiting Transcript And Diploma Withholding

The act authorizes a postsecondary institution to refuse to provide a transcript or diploma to a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt for tuition, room and board fees, or financial aid funds, unless the student owes a debt other than a debt for tuition, room and board fees, or financial aid funds, or if the student can demonstrate that the transcript or diploma is needed for certain purposes.

## 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_hb1049_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049hed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_s_ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1049_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1049_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **39–26** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b686a9aa-3501-4122-8e4e-8a2ab6f04ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).