---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competency To Proceed And Restoration To Competency"
description: "Under current law, in a dispute over a defendant's competency, a party may request a second evaluation of the defendant. The act requires that if a second evaluation is completed and restoration is ordered, the court shall make the second evaluation available to the department of human services (department)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1386"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1386 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Chris Hansen", "Judy Amabile", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0651eb8e-c2bb-48f3-9df9-ef7d3ed928de"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1386"
source_hash: "c8b501cbe4b065480a4c220097d03d6635af589da1667676711a2b1ddba148e8"
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 22-1386 (2022A) — Competency To Proceed And Restoration To Competency

Under current law, in a dispute over a defendant's competency, a party may request a second evaluation of the defendant. The act requires that if a second evaluation is completed and restoration is ordered, the court shall make the second evaluation available to the department of human services (department).

## 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_hb1386_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1386_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1386_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — 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
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+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/0651eb8e-c2bb-48f3-9df9-ef7d3ed928de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).