---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Federal Government Confirm Status For Identification Documents"
description: "Under existing law, the department of revenue (department) is required to issue a driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card (identification documents) to a person who is lawfully present in the United States if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-204"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-204 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Mandy Lindsay", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e323600b-644d-41c1-a024-6e6473c1c9bb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-204"
source_hash: "4a53eca1ae03092ac30c3b3405af62b01ae8139af1d87f31154ba097fdd4c274"
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 22-204 (2022A) — Repeal Federal Government Confirm Status For Identification Documents

Under existing law, the department of revenue (department) is required to issue a driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card (identification documents) to a person who is lawfully present in the United States if:

## 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_sb204_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/13/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_204_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_204_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+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/e323600b-644d-41c1-a024-6e6473c1c9bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).