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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reproductive Health Equity Act"
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description: "The act declares that every individual has a fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; every pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2022A"
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identifier: "HB 22-1279"
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citation: "Colorado HB 22-1279 (2022A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Julie Gonzales", "Meg Froelich"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 18
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first_action: "2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c2ff75-834c-4288-b357-53a5bc2af95d"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1279"
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source_hash: "f5ab9f66e106b3ae8dda99399292be314b578bf20e25960f776d68d998e2f049"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 22-1279 (2022A) — Reproductive Health Equity Act
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The act declares that every individual has a fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; every pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1279_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1279_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (04/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1279_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AMD — **24–34** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **20–37** (fail) · lower
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- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
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- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
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- PERM — **22–40** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **22–35** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **22–35** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **24–33** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **20–37** (fail) · lower
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- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
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- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
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- AMD — **24–34** (fail) · lower
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- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
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- AMD — **20–37** (fail) · lower
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- COW * — **15–20** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c2ff75-834c-4288-b357-53a5bc2af95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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