republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities"
description: "The act requires, on or before January 1, 2023, the department of labor and employment (department), in partnership with the business experiential-learning commission in the department, the office of economic development, the state work force development council, local district colleges, the departments of education and higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, and area technical colleges, to provide incentives to eligible employers to create high-quality, work-based learning opportunities for adults and youth (incentive program)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-140"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-140 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Bob Gardner", "James Coleman", "Judy Amabile"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac0dd3c-c2d0-4342-a888-2b121c03fa9f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-140"
source_hash: "eab81cde8ebf9cae15f855bc6452f69e1d0d057a9def96761e54937236c330a4"
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 22-140 (2022A) — Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities

The act requires, on or before January 1, 2023, the department of labor and employment (department), in partnership with the business experiential-learning commission in the department, the office of economic development, the state work force development council, local district colleges, the departments of education and higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, and area technical colleges, to provide incentives to eligible employers to create high-quality, work-based learning opportunities for adults and youth (incentive program).

## 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_sb140_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_140_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_140_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+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 - Committee
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+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/2ac0dd3c-c2d0-4342-a888-2b121c03fa9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).