---
type: "Bill"
title: "Affirm Parentage Adoption In Assisted Reproduction"
description: "Whenever a child is conceived or born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure (procedure) and the person who did not give birth is a parent or a presumed parent, the act allows the parents to complete an adoption of the child to affirm parentage. In such an instance, both parents must join the adoption petition as petitioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1153"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1153 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno", "Jeff Bridges", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59f6d8b-0561-4955-a200-97c54ce758bf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1153"
source_hash: "76150245d615289188ab456935c52cc1fe207aadce3c52c0530fc43ad277a9cc"
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 22-1153 (2022A) — Affirm Parentage Adoption In Assisted Reproduction

Whenever a child is conceived or born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure (procedure) and the person who did not give birth is a parent or a presumed parent, the act allows the parents to complete an adoption of the child to affirm parentage. In such an instance, both parents must join the adoption petition as petitioners.

## 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_hb1153_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153hpbh_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_s_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1153_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1153_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **47–8** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `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 Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a59f6d8b-0561-4955-a200-97c54ce758bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).