---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Continue Licensure Of Acupuncturists"
description: "The act makes changes to the acupuncturists' practice act, including the changes recommended by the department of regulatory agencies' (department) sunset review and report on the licensing of acupuncturists, by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1263"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1263 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Janet Buckner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b09de7f8-b40b-4b8e-a11b-1314781e823b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1263"
source_hash: "2c747639b60e0d083fe77b62748017e136164b794c9e7559e6c469c20b178185"
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 22-1263 (2022A) — Sunset Continue Licensure Of Acupuncturists

The act makes changes to the acupuncturists' practice act, including the changes recommended by the department of regulatory agencies' (department) sunset review and report on the licensing of acupuncturists, 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_hb1263_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1263_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1263_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+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/b09de7f8-b40b-4b8e-a11b-1314781e823b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).