---
type: "Bill"
title: "Release Deed Of Trust Without Evidence Of Debt"
description: "Under current law, with limited exceptions, a public trustee must release a deed of trust upon the satisfaction of certain preconditions, one of which is the production of the original canceled evidence of debt such as a note or bond as evidence that the indebtedness secured by the deed of trust has been paid. To this requirement, the act adds another exception. That is, a holder of the original evidence of debt may request the release of a deed of trust without producing or exhibiting the original evidence of debt if the holder:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-229"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-229 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gray", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Tammy Story", "Tracey Bernett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8d8421-fefd-4f04-9f9a-b552e3472d94"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-229"
source_hash: "0a1356cda628c62581e068f9d06dca89914d35b2ae70095a54b421ff1fb867f9"
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 22-229 (2022A) — Release Deed Of Trust Without Evidence Of Debt

Under current law, with limited exceptions, a public trustee must release a deed of trust upon the satisfaction of certain preconditions, one of which is the production of the original canceled evidence of debt such as a note or bond as evidence that the indebtedness secured by the deed of trust has been paid. To this requirement, the act adds another exception. That is, a holder of the original evidence of debt may request the release of a deed of trust without producing or exhibiting the original evidence of debt if the holder:

## 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_sb229_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_229_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_229_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matt Gray — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)
- Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d8d8421-fefd-4f04-9f9a-b552e3472d94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).