republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1355.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Producer Responsibility Program For Recycling"
description: "On or before June 1, 2023, the executive director (executive director) of the Colorado department of public health and environment (department) must designate a nonprofit organization (organization) to implement and manage a statewide program (program) that provides recycling services to covered entities in the state, which are defined as residences, public places, small businesses, schools, hospitality locations, and state and local government buildings. The program is funded by annual dues (producer responsibility dues) paid by producers of products that use covered materials (producers). Covered materials are defined as packaging materials and paper products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1355"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1355 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3db116-eb1f-41b7-a782-7198103a7078"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1355"
source_hash: "fc9f83246f173ae044a05e93c60ac40abaff6db9b73e226dcd14f4b3ab196a32"
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 22-1355 (2022A) — Producer Responsibility Program For Recycling

On or before June 1, 2023, the executive director (executive director) of the Colorado department of public health and environment (department) must designate a nonprofit organization (organization) to implement and manage a statewide program (program) that provides recycling services to covered entities in the state, which are defined as residences, public places, small businesses, schools, hospitality locations, and state and local government buildings. The program is funded by annual dues (producer responsibility dues) paid by producers of products that use covered materials (producers). Covered materials are defined as packaging materials and paper products.

## 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_hb1355_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1355_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1355_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **38–27** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd3db116-eb1f-41b7-a782-7198103a7078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).