---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fee Relief Nurses Nurse Aides AndTechnicians"
description: "The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $11,720,278 from the general fund to the division of professions and occupations cash fund for use beginning in the 2022-23 state fiscal year and until fully expended to fund the expenses of the state board of nursing in order to facilitate fee relief for nurses, nurse aides, and psychiatric technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1298"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1298 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Mullica", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2656bf5-d682-4f87-b549-46b6ab4bf282"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1298"
source_hash: "a581569be998453135fae9d272068b835d652667eeed9c889816cbdcd0ca3a8d"
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 22-1298 (2022A) — Fee Relief Nurses Nurse Aides AndTechnicians

The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $11,720,278 from the general fund to the division of professions and occupations cash fund for use beginning in the 2022-23 state fiscal year and until fully expended to fund the expenses of the state board of nursing in order to facilitate fee relief for nurses, nurse aides, and psychiatric technicians.

## 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_hb1298_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1298_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1298_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **39–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **15–17** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+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 to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2656bf5-d682-4f87-b549-46b6ab4bf282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).