---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orphaned Oil And Gas Wells Enterprise"
description: "The act creates the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise (enterprise) in the department of natural resources for the purpose of:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-198"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-198 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Weissman", "Perry Will", "Ray Scott", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0508d039-6b24-43b2-a801-2937cc0129cc"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-198"
source_hash: "b18eea77978a866b1dc30cca755d1247266b0bf05d37143f02ca0a77bbd92818"
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 22-198 (2022A) — Orphaned Oil And Gas Wells Enterprise

The act creates the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise (enterprise) in the department of natural resources for the purpose of:

## 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_sb198_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_198_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_198_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Ray Scott — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **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`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0508d039-6b24-43b2-a801-2937cc0129cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).