republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1350.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Talent Development Initiative Grant Program"
description: "The act establishes the regional talent development initiative grant program (grant program) in the office of economic development (office) to fund talent development initiatives across the state that meet regional labor market needs and specified grant program goals, including initiatives that meet workforce development needs in regions as they recover from the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The office, a state agency designated by the office, or a third party with whom the office contracts is to serve as the administrator of the grant program (program administrator). The office is directed to appoint a steering committee of 5 to 8 business, civic, education, and nonprofit professionals (steering committee), including at least one member representing a rural area of the state, one member representing a 2-year institution of higher education, and one member representing a 4-year institution of higher education. The steering committee will support the program administrator in:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1350"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1350 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Rich", "Jeff Bridges", "Julie McCluskie", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2545215-3112-43bc-9090-a58d15f584fd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1350"
source_hash: "f4721d6f5f78d61f5733ab26e2f60b910294900fc027d56bd3a075fb6454ec86"
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 22-1350 (2022A) — Regional Talent Development Initiative Grant Program

The act establishes the regional talent development initiative grant program (grant program) in the office of economic development (office) to fund talent development initiatives across the state that meet regional labor market needs and specified grant program goals, including initiatives that meet workforce development needs in regions as they recover from the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The office, a state agency designated by the office, or a third party with whom the office contracts is to serve as the administrator of the grant program (program administrator). The office is directed to appoint a steering committee of 5 to 8 business, civic, education, and nonprofit professionals (steering committee), including at least one member representing a rural area of the state, one member representing a 2-year institution of higher education, and one member representing a 4-year institution of higher education. The steering committee will support the program administrator in:

## 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_hb1350_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_s_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1350_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1350_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **54–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **54–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-17T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2545215-3112-43bc-9090-a58d15f584fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).