republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1272.md

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Bill	Repeal Of Attorney Fees On Motions To Dismiss	Under current law, a defendant may be awarded reasonable attorney fees in tort actions if a case is dismissed on a motion of the defendant prior to trial. The act states that a defendant may not be awarded reasonable attorney fees in cases dismissed prior to trial in which the plaintiff brought non-frivolous claims in order to challenge precedent or for a similar reason.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2022A	HB 22-1272	Colorado HB 22-1272 (2022A)	bill		enacted	Adrienne Benavidez Julie Gonzales Robert Rodriguez Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez	9	24	4	2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00	2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c1d47f5b-443d-4644-9517-f98390ba5f07	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1272	5424e995e4871497c122dd345fd56ee12dc70217aaa132663bc2aad0e9b2a2a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 22-1272 (2022A) — Repeal Of Attorney Fees On Motions To Dismiss

Under current law, a defendant may be awarded reasonable attorney fees in tort actions if a case is dismissed on a motion of the defendant prior to trial. The act states that a defendant may not be awarded reasonable attorney fees in cases dismissed prior to trial in which the plaintiff brought non-frivolous claims in order to challenge precedent or for a similar reason.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/24/2022) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/25/2022) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/25/2022) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/22/2022) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/25/2022) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/27/2022) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/26/2022) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/08/2022) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 48–17 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 19–15 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 37–25 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 39–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-08T06:00:00+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
• 2022-05-25T06:00:00+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 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2022 - No Amendments
• 2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1d47f5b-443d-4644-9517-f98390ba5f07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).