republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1220.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing Barriers To Educator Preparation"
description: "The bill creates the student educator stipend program. The purpose of the student educator stipend program is to award stipend money to an eligible student to reduce the financial barriers of participating in required clinical practice as a student educator. An eligible student placed as a student educator in a 16-week academic residency may receive a stipend of $11,000, and an eligible student placed as a student educator in a 32-week academic residency may receive a stipend of $22,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1220"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1220 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Cathy Kipp", "Don Coram", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9382507-228d-4652-98c4-ac011e23c11c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1220"
source_hash: "1ed79b7ab7c027d3d6bc7f797fb8aa18cb6f07a554c62b57172826d9f4fc1e16"
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 22-1220 (2022A) — Removing Barriers To Educator Preparation

The bill creates the student educator stipend program. The purpose of the student educator stipend program is to award stipend money to an eligible student to reduce the financial barriers of participating in required clinical practice as a student educator. An eligible student placed as a student educator in a 16-week academic residency may receive a stipend of $11,000, and an eligible student placed as a student educator in a 32-week academic residency may receive a stipend of $22,000.

## 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_hb1220_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_h_ed_02.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_s_ed_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1220_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1220_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **44–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Re-Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Re-Refer Unamended to Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9382507-228d-4652-98c4-ac011e23c11c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).