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type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot Measure Campaign Finance"
description: "The act expands the definition of \"earmark\" for purposes of the \"Fair Campaign Practices Act\" to include contributions or expenditures greater than $1,000 to support or oppose a specified ballot issue or ballot question."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-237"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-237 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Chris Kennedy", "Colin Larson", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73084c97-e705-4da9-a016-b1ad20eb70e6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-237"
source_hash: "a019f5c055073583037595a8269db5b88010fc03922e1548e14d394827629ae6"
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 22-237 (2022A) — Ballot Measure Campaign Finance
The act expands the definition of "earmark" for purposes of the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" to include contributions or expenditures greater than $1,000 to support or oppose a specified ballot issue or ballot question.
## 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_sb237_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (2) (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_237_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_237_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **5312** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **330** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+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** 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 - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+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 State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `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, Floor
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+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/73084c97-e705-4da9-a016-b1ad20eb70e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).