republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1086.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Vote Without Fear Act"
description: "The act prohibits a person from openly carrying a firearm within any polling location or central count facility, or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box or any building in which a polling location or central count facility is located, while an election or any related ongoing election administration activity is in progress. The designated election official responsible for any central count facility, polling location, or drop box involved in that election cycle shall visibly place a sign notifying persons of the 100-foot no open carry zone for firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1086"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1086 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Bacon", "Rhonda Fields", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ff5682e-6d86-4192-940d-d9a8b2770c19"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1086"
source_hash: "ce81d62f04a047ad30a671558923fb6a04181a4dc7eb4593528102353517f8eb"
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 22-1086 (2022A) — The Vote Without Fear Act

The act prohibits a person from openly carrying a firearm within any polling location or central count facility, or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box or any building in which a polling location or central count facility is located, while an election or any related ongoing election administration activity is in progress. The designated election official responsible for any central count facility, polling location, or drop box involved in that election cycle shall visibly place a sign notifying persons of the 100-foot no open carry zone for firearms.

## 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_hb1086_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1086_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1086_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — 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
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/25/2022 - No Amendments
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/22/2022 - No Amendments
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ff5682e-6d86-4192-940d-d9a8b2770c19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).