republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifications To Colorado Works Program"
description: "The act allows the state board of human services (state board) to utilize eligibility processes from other public assistance or entitlement programs when promulgating rules for redetermining and verifying eligibility for the Colorado works program (works program)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1259"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1259 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Iman Jodeh", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb88a0c0-9e33-4d2d-9f58-db5a067e2dc0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1259"
source_hash: "cf8aecf22f9040a5fc83de40e13221d768240f7563a12dd32832051010e239ab"
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 22-1259 (2022A) — Modifications To Colorado Works Program

The act allows the state board of human services (state board) to utilize eligibility processes from other public assistance or entitlement programs when promulgating rules for redetermining and verifying eligibility for the Colorado works program (works program).

## 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_hb1259_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_h_pbh_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1259_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1259_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–22** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **44–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb88a0c0-9e33-4d2d-9f58-db5a067e2dc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).