republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-113.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition"
description: "The act requires a state or local government agency (agency), including an institution of higher education, that uses or intends to develop, procure, or use a facial recognition service (FRS) to file with its reporting authority a notice of intent to develop, procure, or use the FRS and specify a purpose for which the technology is to be used. For a state agency, the reporting authority is the office of information technology in the governor's office; for a local government agency, the reporting agency is the city council, county commission, or other local government agency vested with legislative powers. After filing the notice of intent, the agency must produce an accountability report that includes certain information and policies regarding the proposed use of the FRS. The act establishes requirements for the adoption, implementation, disclosure, and updating of accountability reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-113"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-113 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Janet Buckner", "Jennifer Bacon", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee5fa17-22b1-4d4c-adaf-1fcd04d3073d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-113"
source_hash: "063237a2bd1609c991729e5a9212cf910402af206547b9575fc48486ec2174fb"
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 22-113 (2022A) — Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition

The act requires a state or local government agency (agency), including an institution of higher education, that uses or intends to develop, procure, or use a facial recognition service (FRS) to file with its reporting authority a notice of intent to develop, procure, or use the FRS and specify a purpose for which the technology is to be used. For a state agency, the reporting authority is the office of information technology in the governor's office; for a local government agency, the reporting agency is the city council, county commission, or other local government agency vested with legislative powers. After filing the notice of intent, the agency must produce an accountability report that includes certain information and policies regarding the proposed use of the FRS. The act establishes requirements for the adoption, implementation, disclosure, and updating of accountability reports.

## 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_clsb113_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113sblt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_113_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_113_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **49–14** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **58–7** (pass) · lower
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ee5fa17-22b1-4d4c-adaf-1fcd04d3073d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).