republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pay Equity Study"
description: "The act requires the equity diversity and inclusion task force (task force) established through a partnership agreement entered into pursuant to the \"Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act\" (partnership agreement) to contract for a pay equity study to assess pay inequities specific to gender, race, and other protected classes; to provide recommendations to alleviate pay inequities; and to comply with any other specifications set by the state personnel director, the task force, or the partnership agreement. A final report including findings and recommendations from the study must be provided by the contractor performing the study to the members of the general assembly, the governor, and the executive director of Colorado workers for innovative and new solutions, a certified employee organization pursuant to the \"Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act\". $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the division of human resources in the department of personnel for expenses in connection with the pay equity study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1196"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1196 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5664b0a8-d70e-4c0f-a63c-a56ed61b92e0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1196"
source_hash: "e59b90da2cbd81c8b3e8ae8eb6de84ec63f5fbb12ea3772e0367614ac8abcff3"
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 22-1196 (2022A) — Pay Equity Study

The act requires the equity diversity and inclusion task force (task force) established through a partnership agreement entered into pursuant to the "Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act" (partnership agreement) to contract for a pay equity study to assess pay inequities specific to gender, race, and other protected classes; to provide recommendations to alleviate pay inequities; and to comply with any other specifications set by the state personnel director, the task force, or the partnership agreement. A final report including findings and recommendations from the study must be provided by the contractor performing the study to the members of the general assembly, the governor, and the executive director of Colorado workers for innovative and new solutions, a certified employee organization pursuant to the "Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act". $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the division of human resources in the department of personnel for expenses in connection with the pay equity study.

## 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_hb1196_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196happ_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1196_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1196_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — 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 to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended 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/5664b0a8-d70e-4c0f-a63c-a56ed61b92e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).