---
type: "Bill"
title: "Damages In Class Actions Consumer Protection Act"
description: "The act states that in a class action under the \"Colorado Consumer Protection Act\", a successful plaintiff may recover actual damages, injunctive relief allowed by law, and reasonable attorney fees and costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1071"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1071 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rodriguez", "Steven Woodrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c9be9c-70ac-48c9-917d-45c56af2a997"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1071"
source_hash: "ebabadad979cced6b01ab327c2c38ebb0407fc57084fa7dd371a3ca47b06c974"
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 22-1071 (2022A) — Damages In Class Actions Consumer Protection Act

The act states that in a class action under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act", a successful plaintiff may recover actual damages, injunctive relief allowed by law, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

## 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_hb1071_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1071_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1071_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+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/20c9be9c-70ac-48c9-917d-45c56af2a997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).