republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Contract Terms And Conditions"
description: "The act concerns provisions of a public school contract, which is defined in the act as an agreement between a public school contracting entity and a contractor where the principal purpose is to acquire supplies, services, or construction or to dispose of supplies for the direct benefit of or in support of a public school other than an agreement for the acquisition of certain types of professional services. For public school contracts executed on or after July 1, 2022, the act requires specified provisions to be included in a public school contract, states that a public school contract shall be deemed to include such provisions if they are inadvertently or otherwise omitted, and specifies that certain specified types of terms or conditions in a public school contract, including any provision that conflicts with Colorado law or rules or any provision required to be included in a public school contract, are void."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1252"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1252 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Tracey Bernett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8a2d88-85c9-4847-ba14-63fb2c2071c9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1252"
source_hash: "b11e8ae4acf20184694b5db5c2cacc1462fd7079879290ce4d78bc244d0be8ee"
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 22-1252 (2022A) — Public School Contract Terms And Conditions

The act concerns provisions of a public school contract, which is defined in the act as an agreement between a public school contracting entity and a contractor where the principal purpose is to acquire supplies, services, or construction or to dispose of supplies for the direct benefit of or in support of a public school other than an agreement for the acquisition of certain types of professional services. For public school contracts executed on or after July 1, 2022, the act requires specified provisions to be included in a public school contract, states that a public school contract shall be deemed to include such provisions if they are inadvertently or otherwise omitted, and specifies that certain specified types of terms or conditions in a public school contract, including any provision that conflicts with Colorado law or rules or any provision required to be included in a public school contract, are void.

## 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_hb1252_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_s_ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1252_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1252_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **51–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **48–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `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
- **2022-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+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/ea8a2d88-85c9-4847-ba14-63fb2c2071c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).