republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Crossings For Colorado Wildlife And Motorists"
description: "The act creates the Colorado wildlife safe passages fund (fund) within the state treasury and transfers $5,000,000 from the general fund to the fund. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of transportation (department) to provide funding for projects that provide safe road crossings for connectivity of wildlife and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, for the full range of wildlife crossing project needs, and for matching requirements for federal grant programs relating to wildlife crossing projects. The department must consult with the division of parks and wildlife and the Colorado wildlife and transportation alliance regarding the disbursement of money from the fund and must annually report on the disbursement of such money."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-151"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-151 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Julie McCluskie", "Perry Will", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59accb95-9f6f-4cec-b4b1-5872a08b5fdf"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-151"
source_hash: "ea30507dffc6b4bb2a2e099ae9aaf3393e922a42f1dcc1a54a578a4ace9086f2"
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 22-151 (2022A) — Safe Crossings For Colorado Wildlife And Motorists

The act creates the Colorado wildlife safe passages fund (fund) within the state treasury and transfers $5,000,000 from the general fund to the fund. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of transportation (department) to provide funding for projects that provide safe road crossings for connectivity of wildlife and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, for the full range of wildlife crossing project needs, and for matching requirements for federal grant programs relating to wildlife crossing projects. The department must consult with the division of parks and wildlife and the Colorado wildlife and transportation alliance regarding the disbursement of money from the fund and must annually report on the disbursement of such money.

## 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_sb151_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_151_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_151_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **56–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59accb95-9f6f-4cec-b4b1-5872a08b5fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).