republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1097.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissolution Of Special Districts"
description: "Under current law, municipalities and regional service authorities are authorized to file an application for dissolution of a special district with the board of directors of the special district. The act expands current law to authorize a board of county commissioners to file such an application if the special district is wholly located in the boundaries of the county and to file jointly with another board of county commissioners such an application if the special district is located in 2 or more counties. If more than 85% of the special district's territory is located within the boundaries of one or more municipalities, the board of directors of the special district shall not take any action on the application unless the governing bodies of all such municipalities have consented to or joined the application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1097"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1097 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Donald Valdez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a04997f0-963a-457f-b85b-5a5619c6217d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1097"
source_hash: "fa53e177365ca916f3d0e95d2063031579f6082ddffe2e8b2c8363005c25e1db"
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 22-1097 (2022A) — Dissolution Of Special Districts

Under current law, municipalities and regional service authorities are authorized to file an application for dissolution of a special district with the board of directors of the special district. The act expands current law to authorize a board of county commissioners to file such an application if the special district is wholly located in the boundaries of the county and to file jointly with another board of county commissioners such an application if the special district is located in 2 or more counties. If more than 85% of the special district's territory is located within the boundaries of one or more municipalities, the board of directors of the special district shall not take any action on the application unless the governing bodies of all such municipalities have consented to or joined the application.

## 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_hb1097_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097htlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_rn3.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1097_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1097_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a04997f0-963a-457f-b85b-5a5619c6217d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).