republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-050.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Work Opportunities For Offenders In Department Of Corrections"
description: "The act clarifies the opportunities available to inmates imprisoned by the department of corrections (department). The act clarifies that the rehabilitation and work opportunities available to inmates are to promote the person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community. The act clarifies a distinction between external programs, which occur in partnership with employers outside of department facilities, and internal programs, which occur inside a department facility and may be in partnership with employers outside of department facilities. The act amends inmate compensation and permissible deductions from an inmate's account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-050"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-050 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "James Coleman", "Matt Soper", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb33097f-6a31-4e3b-9391-007b7994889b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-050"
source_hash: "ecd5bb91ec0bcbd4cfcd3d2d9f9fce40d6547415307ea9c0eacc8b8603164611"
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 22-050 (2022A) — Work Opportunities For Offenders In Department Of Corrections

The act clarifies the opportunities available to inmates imprisoned by the department of corrections (department). The act clarifies that the rehabilitation and work opportunities available to inmates are to promote the person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community. The act clarifies a distinction between external programs, which occur in partnership with employers outside of department facilities, and internal programs, which occur inside a department facility and may be in partnership with employers outside of department facilities. The act amends inmate compensation and permissible deductions from an inmate's account.

## 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_sb050_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_050_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/30/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_050_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **54–10** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/cb33097f-6a31-4e3b-9391-007b7994889b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).