republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Firefighter Safety Resources"
description: "The state treasurer is required to transfer $5 million from the general fund to the local firefighter safety and disease prevention fund (fund). The money is continuously appropriated to the department of public safety (department). The division of fire prevention and control (division) in the department is required to use the money transferred to directly pay for equipment and training for local and volunteer fire departments or to reimburse local and volunteer fire departments for the costs of equipment and training without requiring a grant application and review process. If the division determines it cannot use the full amount to directly pay for equipment and training, it may use the money for any purpose authorized prior to January 1, 2022, for money in the fund. The division is required to prioritize fire departments that it identifies as having the greatest need for assistance to ensure firefighter safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1194"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1194 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Chris Hansen", "Julie McCluskie", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060da79e-1c85-411f-b362-67deccae882c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1194"
source_hash: "abc1d312308014d769d6bb52a0782bd932d3f48d31601330d567d372e2572bc1"
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 22-1194 (2022A) — Local Firefighter Safety Resources

The state treasurer is required to transfer $5 million from the general fund to the local firefighter safety and disease prevention fund (fund). The money is continuously appropriated to the department of public safety (department). The division of fire prevention and control (division) in the department is required to use the money transferred to directly pay for equipment and training for local and volunteer fire departments or to reimburse local and volunteer fire departments for the costs of equipment and training without requiring a grant application and review process. If the division determines it cannot use the full amount to directly pay for equipment and training, it may use the money for any purpose authorized prior to January 1, 2022, for money in the fund. The division is required to prioritize fire departments that it identifies as having the greatest need for assistance to ensure firefighter safety.

## 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_hb1194_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1194_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1194_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060da79e-1c85-411f-b362-67deccae882c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).