---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Peace Officer Residency Requirement"
description: "Current law requires a peace officer to be a bona fide Colorado resident. The act removes that requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1371"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1371 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Dylan Roberts", "John Cooke", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a07f59-ba67-4f96-a4b1-3eb943cd1906"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1371"
source_hash: "a4b68d9f79435d6a348d73b86ac5cbf5303247dcf8d42d454b2e8cfb71038ffc"
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 22-1371 (2022A) — Remove Peace Officer Residency Requirement

Current law requires a peace officer to be a bona fide Colorado resident. The act removes that requirement.

## 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_hb1371_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1371_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1371_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — 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
- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a07f59-ba67-4f96-a4b1-3eb943cd1906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).