---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Continue Regulation Of Optometry"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the state board of optometry (board), with modifications, by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1233"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1233 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Joann Ginal", "Matt Soper", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff37b87-9531-4df2-a403-f26bd9070215"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1233"
source_hash: "2ad422d09d0965a0995815aa4f78b30f089e7f48261a835efde24c2ff5c92446"
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 22-1233 (2022A) — Sunset Continue Regulation Of Optometry

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the state board of optometry (board), with modifications, 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_hb1233_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_h_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1233_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1233_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **56–9** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff37b87-9531-4df2-a403-f26bd9070215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).