republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1285.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Collection Hospital Not Disclosing Prices"
description: "The act prohibits a hospital or other person or entity collecting on behalf of the hospital from initiating or pursuing collection actions against a patient or patient guarantor for debt incurred by the patient on the date or dates of service when the hospital was not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1285"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1285 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno", "John Cooke", "Patrick Neville"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e940e2c-aea1-4069-85f3-ceee39c501c6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1285"
source_hash: "3276aa4042b95aded06f0bc3679d3b25b89186221a5fa1e2bc556f42ba2068ab"
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 22-1285 (2022A) — Prohibit Collection Hospital Not Disclosing Prices

The act prohibits a hospital or other person or entity collecting on behalf of the hospital from initiating or pursuing collection actions against a patient or patient guarantor for debt incurred by the patient on the date or dates of service when the hospital was not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws.

## 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_hb1285_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1285_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1285_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **62–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Patrick Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e940e2c-aea1-4069-85f3-ceee39c501c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).