---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado False Claims Act"
description: "The act establishes the \"Colorado False Claims Act\" (false claims act). Pursuant to the false claims act, a person is liable to the state or a political subdivision of the state for a civil penalty if the person commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of any of the following (collectively, \"false claims\"):"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1119"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1119 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Matt Gray", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4a4dbd1-b37c-452b-823d-171867f03fbf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1119"
source_hash: "0e0429921fa0c22d5234ec88573efbd93e3f4ebcca18ed7fd741411b2fda3d68"
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 22-1119 (2022A) — Colorado False Claims Act

The act establishes the "Colorado False Claims Act" (false claims act). Pursuant to the false claims act, a person is liable to the state or a political subdivision of the state for a civil penalty if the person commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of any of the following (collectively, "false claims"):

## 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_hb1119_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_h_jud_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_h_jud_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_s_jud_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_s_jud_fin_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1119_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1119_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2022-01-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/f4a4dbd1-b37c-452b-823d-171867f03fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).