republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Grid Resilience And Reliability Roadmap"
description: "The act requires the Colorado energy office (office), in collaboration with the department of local affairs (department) and the Colorado resiliency office (resiliency office), to develop a grid resilience and reliability roadmap (roadmap) for improving the resilience and reliability of electric grids in the state (grid), which roadmap must include guidance on how microgrids may be used to harden the grid, improve grid resilience and reliability, deliver electricity where extending distribution infrastructure may not be practicable, and operate autonomously and independent of the grid, when necessary. In developing the roadmap, the office, department, and resiliency office are required to engage interested persons throughout the state in stakeholder meetings and consider stakeholder input. The roadmap may identify:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1249"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1249 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Chris Hansen", "Edie Hooton", "Tracey Bernett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e935a785-7e08-4036-87fc-23dd251e2464"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1249"
source_hash: "573d5366debcb95f948cdb54afa6bffdd94ae8a85dbe131e071c66c723a6f578"
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 22-1249 (2022A) — Electric Grid Resilience And Reliability Roadmap

The act requires the Colorado energy office (office), in collaboration with the department of local affairs (department) and the Colorado resiliency office (resiliency office), to develop a grid resilience and reliability roadmap (roadmap) for improving the resilience and reliability of electric grids in the state (grid), which roadmap must include guidance on how microgrids may be used to harden the grid, improve grid resilience and reliability, deliver electricity where extending distribution infrastructure may not be practicable, and operate autonomously and independent of the grid, when necessary. In developing the roadmap, the office, department, and resiliency office are required to engage interested persons throughout the state in stakeholder meetings and consider stakeholder input. The roadmap may identify:

## 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_hb1249_s_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1249_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1249_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e935a785-7e08-4036-87fc-23dd251e2464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).