---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Hygienists Peer Health Assistance Program"
description: "The act creates a peer health assistance program (program) for dental hygienists to assist dental hygienists with physical, emotional, or psychological problems that may be detrimental to the dental hygienist's ability to practice dental hygiene."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-058"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-058 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Karen McCormick"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a62749f-2a23-4a76-9aa4-9f7526d6e8e0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-058"
source_hash: "4fd791c21a7fd3ec820d02129733b8a3da37b29f0bb5f70613ba30e87fb2c3ba"
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 22-058 (2022A) — Dental Hygienists Peer Health Assistance Program

The act creates a peer health assistance program (program) for dental hygienists to assist dental hygienists with physical, emotional, or psychological problems that may be detrimental to the dental hygienist's ability to practice dental hygiene.

## 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_sb058_h_hi_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058shhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_rn2.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_058_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_058_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a62749f-2a23-4a76-9aa4-9f7526d6e8e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).