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type: "Bill"
title: "Restrictive Employment Agreements"
description: "Current law declares that a covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of labor for any employer is void, with certain exceptions. The act adds exceptions for:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1317"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1317 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dc36187-3b17-42f6-97d4-e421da40c3a3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1317"
source_hash: "0fcd94982530534d2ad4cd2d6d3398dabd2dfb809db56a0de61ef714b7a3b10d"
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 22-1317 (2022A) — Restrictive Employment Agreements
Current law declares that a covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of labor for any employer is void, with certain exceptions. The act adds exceptions for:
## 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_hb1317_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_s_blt_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1317_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1317_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–21** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+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 - Committee
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dc36187-3b17-42f6-97d4-e421da40c3a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).