---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meat Processing Grant And Loan Assistance"
description: "The act instructs the commissioner of agriculture to hire an employee or engage a contractor to provide grant and loan application assistance to small meat processors or people attempting to start a small meat processor business. The grant or loan must be used to start, expand, or support a small meat processor business. The employee or contractor may also assist agricultural producers and agricultural businesses in applying for and obtaining grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-209"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-209 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Kerry Donovan", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e35221-c930-489f-97dd-e823ca8dafd5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-209"
source_hash: "9d5a44cf83e3645abc7fb0370fc3360718d3b0dc371095645dab16ef45c08871"
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 22-209 (2022A) — Meat Processing Grant And Loan Assistance

The act instructs the commissioner of agriculture to hire an employee or engage a contractor to provide grant and loan application assistance to small meat processors or people attempting to start a small meat processor business. The grant or loan must be used to start, expand, or support a small meat processor business. The employee or contractor may also assist agricultural producers and agricultural businesses in applying for and obtaining grants.

## 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_sb209_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_209_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_209_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **51–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03e35221-c930-489f-97dd-e823ca8dafd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).