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type: "Bill"
title: "Victim Rights Act"
description: "The act updates the \"Victim Rights Act\" (act). The purpose of the act is to ensure all victims of crimes are protected by law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-049"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-049 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kerry Tipper", "Rhonda Fields", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f8bfa5-339f-41fa-ad03-010db24294b7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-049"
source_hash: "7ae3873c9464545591d7f57ed8f07f221c480998f053430d5c8b8dc079c28b79"
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 SB 22-049 (2022A) — Victim Rights Act
The act updates the "Victim Rights Act" (act). The purpose of the act is to ensure all victims of crimes are protected by law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges.
## 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_sb049_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_h_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_049_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_049_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- REPASS — **340** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **330** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **620** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/94f8bfa5-339f-41fa-ad03-010db24294b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).