---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Massage Therapists"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' (department) sunset review and report on the licensing of massage therapists by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1226"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1226 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Kerry Tipper", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26262fa5-f8d8-4e01-8840-ba404f507ef5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1226"
source_hash: "c7383006941e78a0cbe7e58d386be16c203a67a07878d486fde8991ffe5dd685"
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 22-1226 (2022A) — Sunset Massage Therapists

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' (department) sunset review and report on the licensing of massage therapists by:

## 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_hb1226_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1226_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1226_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **52–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+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/26262fa5-f8d8-4e01-8840-ba404f507ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).