republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1040.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Owners' Reasonable Access To Common Areas"
description: "Current law states that, with certain exceptions, a unit owners' association (association) of a common interest community (community) may regulate the use of common elements of the community (common elements). The act states that, in regulating the use of common elements, an association shall preserve and protect unit owners' ability to use and enjoy common elements and shall not unreasonably restrict or prohibit unit owners' access to, or enjoyment of, any common element. During maintenance, repair, replacement, or modification of a common element, an association may restrict or prohibit unit owners' access to, and enjoyment of, a common element only to the extent and for the length of time necessary to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1040"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1040 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Edie Hooton", "Janice Rich", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b322f1d6-9dcd-4237-81ba-d9258bebcb1c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1040"
source_hash: "cc024fcb35c5eced873c618989d458e1b1d1cf4698bfc2aa92e98242472fdaa7"
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 22-1040 (2022A) — Home Owners' Reasonable Access To Common Areas

Current law states that, with certain exceptions, a unit owners' association (association) of a common interest community (community) may regulate the use of common elements of the community (common elements). The act states that, in regulating the use of common elements, an association shall preserve and protect unit owners' ability to use and enjoy common elements and shall not unreasonably restrict or prohibit unit owners' access to, or enjoyment of, any common element. During maintenance, repair, replacement, or modification of a common element, an association may restrict or prohibit unit owners' access to, and enjoyment of, a common element only to the extent and for the length of time necessary to:

## 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_hb1040_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040hbus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1040_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1040_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended 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/b322f1d6-9dcd-4237-81ba-d9258bebcb1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).