---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waste Diversion And Circular Economy Development Center"
description: "The act creates the circular economy development center (center) in the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the center is to grow existing markets; create new markets; and provide necessary infrastructure, systems, logistics, and marketing to create a sustainable circular economy for recycled commodities and compost in Colorado. On or before July 1, 2023, subject to available appropriations, the department must contract with a third-party administrator to operate the center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1159"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1159 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdd9f4dd-9219-4d0b-9337-0b6848d4ba26"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1159"
source_hash: "900ca66e8cbf9478963bd821bc7c57966ed31e9b7af1884bbe51a04bba6addb3"
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 22-1159 (2022A) — Waste Diversion And Circular Economy Development Center

The act creates the circular economy development center (center) in the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the center is to grow existing markets; create new markets; and provide necessary infrastructure, systems, logistics, and marketing to create a sustainable circular economy for recycled commodities and compost in Colorado. On or before July 1, 2023, subject to available appropriations, the department must contract with a third-party administrator to operate the center.

## 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_hb1159_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1159_rv3.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1159_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdd9f4dd-9219-4d0b-9337-0b6848d4ba26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).