---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continue Department Of Agriculture Spending Authority Agriculture Programs"
description: "The act continues the spending authority granted to the department of agriculture as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-227"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-227 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49863d7a-8e2a-4611-88dd-153856b49e74"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-227"
source_hash: "9575423aff28b3121ecb7373d71d02175a93605266712a8f3b1e999759929a93"
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 22-227 (2022A) — Continue Department Of Agriculture Spending Authority Agriculture Programs

The act continues the spending authority granted to the department of agriculture as follows:

## 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_sb227_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_227_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_227_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **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
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49863d7a-8e2a-4611-88dd-153856b49e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).