---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Real Property Classification"
description: "Under current law, facilities that provide long-term nursing, rest, and assisted living services, where residents reside for more than 30 days, are classified as residential properties. However, facilities that provide short-term convalescent care and rehabilitation services, where patrons visit the facility periodically or temporarily reside there for less than 30 days, are valued and classified as nonresidential property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1296"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1296 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Priola", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Kyle Mullica"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06ab4cad-c7b4-498c-9ac6-1f1bf0cb2092"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1296"
source_hash: "15cb6185924315ebaa51ebde8895fc2059317bd4e1ef718a54e71c8f5e3af5d6"
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 22-1296 (2022A) — Residential Real Property Classification

Under current law, facilities that provide long-term nursing, rest, and assisted living services, where residents reside for more than 30 days, are classified as residential properties. However, facilities that provide short-term convalescent care and rehabilitation services, where patrons visit the facility periodically or temporarily reside there for less than 30 days, are valued and classified as nonresidential property.

## 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_hb1296_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_h_hi_02.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1296_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1296_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+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/06ab4cad-c7b4-498c-9ac6-1f1bf0cb2092`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).