republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales & Use Tax Exemption Form Simplification"
description: "For some, but not all, exemptions from state and state-collected local sales and use taxes, a person who wishes to establish the right to obtain an exemption is either explicitly required by state law or required by the department of revenue (department) as it administers and enforces state law to complete a form created by the department, which, depending on which exemption is sought, may be described as an affidavit, application, certificate, certification, declaration, or statement. The act requires the department to examine its forms and requirements relating to their use and, to the extent feasible without impairing the proper administration of the exemptions, simplify the forms and related requirements for persons making tax-exempt purchases. Exceptions to existing statutory requirements relating to the forms are made for any simplifications made by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1039"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1039 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Jeff Bridges", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa9596a-0a0a-40ce-bffc-162c04663ac6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1039"
source_hash: "3bb836987bacd8b87a508a30e783aa467b6ef5ba11a22a7a24d1fa5052fb4ac3"
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 22-1039 (2022A) — Sales & Use Tax Exemption Form Simplification

For some, but not all, exemptions from state and state-collected local sales and use taxes, a person who wishes to establish the right to obtain an exemption is either explicitly required by state law or required by the department of revenue (department) as it administers and enforces state law to complete a form created by the department, which, depending on which exemption is sought, may be described as an affidavit, application, certificate, certification, declaration, or statement. The act requires the department to examine its forms and requirements relating to their use and, to the extent feasible without impairing the proper administration of the exemptions, simplify the forms and related requirements for persons making tax-exempt purchases. Exceptions to existing statutory requirements relating to the forms are made for any simplifications made by the department.

## 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_hb1039_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1039_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caa9596a-0a0a-40ce-bffc-162c04663ac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).