---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Geothermal Energy Use"
description: "The bill modifies the following statutory provisions that apply to solar energy so that they also apply to geothermal energy: which generally is using the heat of the earth to generate electricity or to heat or cool space or water:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-118"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-118 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Richard Holtorf", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b9553f-938b-4831-8e16-aeea92cfe36d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-118"
source_hash: "d6365925f5085756b4e2406da930863176b8154cf4ad483d0ca6afe301bdf474"
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 22-118 (2022A) — Encourage Geothermal Energy Use

The bill modifies the following statutory provisions that apply to solar energy so that they also apply to geothermal energy: which generally is using the heat of the earth to generate electricity or to heat or cool space or water:

## 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_sb118_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_h_alw_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_rn3.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_118_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_118_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1b9553f-938b-4831-8e16-aeea92cfe36d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).