republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-043.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restitution Services For Victims"
description: "The act provides a list of allowable restitution expenses if proximately caused by a crime for which restitution must be paid, which list includes travel expenses to certain court proceedings. The court is required to review the travel expenses to ensure the travel expenses are reasonable. If the court finds the travel expenses are unreasonable, the court may reduce the amount of recoverable travel expenses to a reasonable amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-043"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-043 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Julie Gonzales", "Mike Lynch", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f4818a-1963-485d-8f59-6ae86f8fd1b8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-043"
source_hash: "89f7df8e854d3507bfaaf41031e67ce2c3ec3d6a80212091d1bd9d2cb3a19c0c"
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 22-043 (2022A) — Restitution Services For Victims

The act provides a list of allowable restitution expenses if proximately caused by a crime for which restitution must be paid, which list includes travel expenses to certain court proceedings. The court is required to review the travel expenses to ensure the travel expenses are reasonable. If the court finds the travel expenses are unreasonable, the court may reduce the amount of recoverable travel expenses to a reasonable amount.

## 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_sb043_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_043_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_043_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+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 Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14T07:00:00+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/26f4818a-1963-485d-8f59-6ae86f8fd1b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).