republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1012.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery"
description: "The act requires the state forest service, on and after September 1, 2022, to develop a publicly accessible statewide carbon accounting framework that yields carbon stock and flux estimates for:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1012"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1012 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Joann Ginal", "Lisa Cutter", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816eb00e-1f5b-4e47-bbf5-eacf690c6353"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1012"
source_hash: "a6a39ee1af11fe668f9101ed016ab04e12d2ef7ec91d25f156e3cec3efc4c1c5"
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 HB 22-1012 (2022A) — Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery

The act requires the state forest service, on and after September 1, 2022, to develop a publicly accessible statewide carbon accounting framework that yields carbon stock and flux estimates for:

## 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_hb1012_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012hene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_h_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1012_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **47–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/816eb00e-1f5b-4e47-bbf5-eacf690c6353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).