republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1098.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department Of Regulatory Agencies Barriers To Practice Regulated Professions"
description: "The act requires the director of the division of professions and occupations (director) in the department of regulatory agencies to complete, on or before June 1, 2023, an audit of the regulated professions and occupations and the regulation of various professions and occupations by regulators of a specific profession or occupation (regulator) to determine what barriers exist for licensing, certification, and registration of individuals with criminal history records and, on or before July 1, 2023, to report the findings to the general assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1098"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1098 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Larry Liston", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/801cc6e4-ad6a-42ac-90e6-af7681665414"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1098"
source_hash: "6702c64add9152bcc698bc05ba8f1b3fdcad9418fd1022bb15241e81d1806e32"
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 22-1098 (2022A) — Department Of Regulatory Agencies Barriers To Practice Regulated Professions

The act requires the director of the division of professions and occupations (director) in the department of regulatory agencies to complete, on or before June 1, 2023, an audit of the regulated professions and occupations and the regulation of various professions and occupations by regulators of a specific profession or occupation (regulator) to determine what barriers exist for licensing, certification, and registration of individuals with criminal history records and, on or before July 1, 2023, to report the findings to the general assembly.

## 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_hb1098_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098hbus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_h_bus_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_rr2.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1098_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1098_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Larry Liston — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T07:00:00+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/801cc6e4-ad6a-42ac-90e6-af7681665414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).