---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Higher Education For Students With A Disability"
description: "Beginning in 2024, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to submit, as a part of its annual \"State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act\" hearing, data related to postsecondary outcomes for students with a disability. The department shall gather the data in collaboration with institutions of higher education (institutions)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1255"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1255 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "David Ortiz", "Mary Bradfield", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b6ef316-40aa-42fd-b07d-0c0eb3247b34"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1255"
source_hash: "dbdaea690cd233a9bdeaaa146829a2676a4fed39ad90ad10b41a31eb6299d310"
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 22-1255 (2022A) — Improve Higher Education For Students With A Disability

Beginning in 2024, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to submit, as a part of its annual "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing, data related to postsecondary outcomes for students with a disability. The department shall gather the data in collaboration with institutions of higher education (institutions).

## 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_hb1255_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1255_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1255_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/2b6ef316-40aa-42fd-b07d-0c0eb3247b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).