republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1394.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fund Just Transition Community And Worker Supports"
description: "The act transfers $15 million from the general fund, with $5 million allocated to the just transition cash fund (fund) and $10 million allocated to the coal transition workforce assistance program account (account), and directs the department of labor and employment (department), through the just transition office (office), to expend the money for specified coal community and worker supports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1394"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1394 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dylan Roberts", "Faith Winter", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b76554e-d152-4909-bbc4-6abfd8de249a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1394"
source_hash: "30d25e4d29e83a590fbebddd09f786b3b80b2b43b15fbea6eb64800238684874"
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 22-1394 (2022A) — Fund Just Transition Community And Worker Supports

The act transfers $15 million from the general fund, with $5 million allocated to the just transition cash fund (fund) and $10 million allocated to the coal transition workforce assistance program account (account), and directs the department of labor and employment (department), through the just transition office (office), to expend the money for specified coal community and worker supports.

## 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_hb1394_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_h_tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_h_tlg_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1394_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1394_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **54–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **51–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — 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
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b76554e-d152-4909-bbc4-6abfd8de249a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).