republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1332.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Economic Development and International Trade American Rescue Plan Act Funds For Rural Colorado"
description: "Senate Bill 21-291 transferred $40 million of \"American Rescue Plan Act of 2021\" (ARPA) money from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the Colorado economic development fund and directed the office of economic development and international trade (OEDIT) to use $10 million of the money transferred to incentivize small businesses to locate in rural Colorado and for the location neutral employment incentive program. To ensure that the use of the $10 million complies with ARPA requirements, the act instead directs OEDIT to use the money to incentivize or support businesses in rural Colorado or to undertake any other economic development activity in rural Colorado that is authorized by specified current law in response to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1332"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1332 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Chris Hansen", "Julie McCluskie", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab34f831-f741-4988-a843-8ccdc79e905e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1332"
source_hash: "a10c7f30370d7f2788e39f8cb65d1b6c817929effd8a7ff404d6ad9742840859"
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 22-1332 (2022A) — Office of Economic Development and International Trade American Rescue Plan Act Funds For Rural Colorado

Senate Bill 21-291 transferred $40 million of "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (ARPA) money from the economic recovery and relief cash fund to the Colorado economic development fund and directed the office of economic development and international trade (OEDIT) to use $10 million of the money transferred to incentivize small businesses to locate in rural Colorado and for the location neutral employment incentive program. To ensure that the use of the $10 million complies with ARPA requirements, the act instead directs OEDIT to use the money to incentivize or support businesses in rural Colorado or to undertake any other economic development activity in rural Colorado that is authorized by specified current law in response to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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_hb1332_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1332_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1332_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab34f831-f741-4988-a843-8ccdc79e905e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).