---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Continue Regulation Speech-language Pathologists"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the \"Speech-language Pathology Practice Act\", as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1213"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1213 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andres Pico", "Janet Buckner", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7413b7e8-d201-43fb-bfb8-d70d592157d9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1213"
source_hash: "261cc2bdbf41de937e605649e077fffc5b9852cfa3ca3e0231372acfbbf129db"
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 22-1213 (2022A) — Sunset Continue Regulation Speech-language Pathologists

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the "Speech-language Pathology Practice Act", as follows:

## 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_hb1213_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1213_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1213_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andres Pico — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+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/7413b7e8-d201-43fb-bfb8-d70d592157d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).