---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Reporter Administering Oaths Or Affirmations"
description: "The act adds court reporters to the list of professionals who may administer oaths or affirmations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-020"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-020 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b892980-c958-4c26-9f10-bb3af446d9c3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-020"
source_hash: "dce26a190c732bb57a45f465b0d9554362298e5fa26ffb8a1689e6a5b9c799e3"
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 22-020 (2022A) — Court Reporter Administering Oaths Or Affirmations

The act adds court reporters to the list of professionals who may administer oaths or affirmations.

## 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_sb020_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_020_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_020_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/14/2022 - No Amendments
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/4b892980-c958-4c26-9f10-bb3af446d9c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).