---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate Signature Requirement Certain Citations"
description: "Under current law, a defendant is required to execute the defendant's signature on citations for a misdemeanor, petty offense, misdemeanor traffic offense, or traffic infraction to signify agreement to pay the penalties or appear in court. The act eliminates the defendant signature requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1150"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1150 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Rhonda Fields", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5292f04-794e-4a7b-b43c-83122e80443d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1150"
source_hash: "345da0c127828edaca1b250402cb5a2d3fbb117a11f50217a3d99f90b161d3ca"
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 22-1150 (2022A) — Eliminate Signature Requirement Certain Citations

Under current law, a defendant is required to execute the defendant's signature on citations for a misdemeanor, petty offense, misdemeanor traffic offense, or traffic infraction to signify agreement to pay the penalties or appear in court. The act eliminates the defendant signature requirement.

## 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_hb1150_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1150_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1150_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **56–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+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`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T07:00:00+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/d5292f04-794e-4a7b-b43c-83122e80443d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).