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type: "Bill"
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title: "Whistleblower Protection Health & Safety"
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description: "Current law provides whistleblower protections for workers who raise a reasonable concern about health or safety related to a public health emergency. The act expands the protection to all health and safety concerns regardless of whether there is a declared public health emergency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2022A"
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identifier: "SB 22-097"
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citation: "Colorado SB 22-097 (2022A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Leslie Herod", "Robert Rodriguez", "Tom Sullivan"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-02-01T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70469f70-f2f0-4638-9591-0f1e663d9fa0"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-097"
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source_hash: "0ab07782ff3fa1897d658d0cf99531d54d932f63147594ee991cc3b899a5e4a1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 22-097 (2022A) — Whistleblower Protection Health & Safety
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Current law provides whistleblower protections for workers who raise a reasonable concern about health or safety related to a public health emergency. The act expands the protection to all health and safety concerns regardless of whether there is a declared public health emergency.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb097_h_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_s_app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_097_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_097_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **20–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
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- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
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- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70469f70-f2f0-4638-9591-0f1e663d9fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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