---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility"
description: "The act permits community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a practical nursing certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-003"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-003 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Kerry Donovan", "Kyle Mullica", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541f8194-0b0e-4d8a-a135-ebb8b8b1c72b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-003"
source_hash: "52db2e07cdcd31e8d42ec70324a969a12bc9d7fd95276b32b03797aa0a44fb65"
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 SB 22-003 (2022A) — Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility

The act permits community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a practical nursing certificate.

## 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_sb003_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003sed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/541f8194-0b0e-4d8a-a135-ebb8b8b1c72b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).