---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department Early Childhood And Universal Preschool Program"
description: "The length of the bill summary for this bill requires it to be published on a separate page here: https://leg.colorado.gov/hb22-1295-bill-summary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1295"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1295 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Emily Sirota", "Janet Buckner", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5656d41-ed0e-4279-949d-918ffa128eee"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1295"
source_hash: "82d8a7006afa5641027ae448a0fc1d7749331bd1f2d050631dd847f727da8762"
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 22-1295 (2022A) — Department Early Childhood And Universal Preschool Program

The length of the bill summary for this bill requires it to be published on a separate page here: https://leg.colorado.gov/hb22-1295-bill-summary

## 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_hb1295_s_app_008.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_h_ed_app_02.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_h_pre_eng_04.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_s_ed_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1295_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1295_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **43–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **44–17** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `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 Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5656d41-ed0e-4279-949d-918ffa128eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).