---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Colorado Probate Code"
description: "The act describes how property passes when a decedent dies without a will (intestate) and the estate or any part of the estate does not pass to a surviving spouse or designated beneficiary pursuant to existing law. In that situation, the portion of the estate passing through intestate succession is distributed as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-092"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-092 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a12e6aec-e512-4a85-883a-04b39a6a3f64"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-092"
source_hash: "48853a2b2108e3739ffdbf787eea345af826e2705ebe2e9afbbf409490eab27b"
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 22-092 (2022A) — Update Colorado Probate Code

The act describes how property passes when a decedent dies without a will (intestate) and the estate or any part of the estate does not pass to a surviving spouse or designated beneficiary pursuant to existing law. In that situation, the portion of the estate passing through intestate succession is distributed as follows:

## 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_sb092_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_092_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_092_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — 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
- **2022-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T07:00:00+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/a12e6aec-e512-4a85-883a-04b39a6a3f64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).