---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protections For Donor-conceived Persons And Families"
description: "The act creates the \"Donor-conceived Persons and Families of Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act\" (act)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-224"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-224 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kerry Tipper", "Matt Soper", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e128d676-8ab1-4c0f-9a2a-29fb20ab38fb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-224"
source_hash: "7f59ffdcd5dd767f7a1b2ca8a76dba9ec1cb1efb71abcbd9b8cb6d812aacfa8e"
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 22-224 (2022A) — Protections For Donor-conceived Persons And Families

The act creates the "Donor-conceived Persons and Families of Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act" (act).

## 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_sb224_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_h_fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_224_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_224_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+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** 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`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+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/e128d676-8ab1-4c0f-9a2a-29fb20ab38fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).