republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish State Procurement Equity Program"
description: "The act establishes the state procurement equity program (program) in the department of personnel (department) for the purpose of reducing disparities identified in the state disparity study report prepared as required by Senate Bill 19-135 between the availability of historically underutilized businesses and the utilization of such businesses in state procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-163"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-163 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "James Coleman", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e21c0b0-914a-46ef-891c-cacdd43e4503"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-163"
source_hash: "4baa5b7013db662eec37f98ff75d2d8f51976a47b0ee3ecf55a975d0eb1a8469"
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 22-163 (2022A) — Establish State Procurement Equity Program

The act establishes the state procurement equity program (program) in the department of personnel (department) for the purpose of reducing disparities identified in the state disparity study report prepared as required by Senate Bill 19-135 between the availability of historically underutilized businesses and the utilization of such businesses in state procurement.

## 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_sb163_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_h_sa_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_163_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_163_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — 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
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **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 Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+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/8e21c0b0-914a-46ef-891c-cacdd43e4503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).