republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Native Pollinating Insects Protection Study"
description: "The act requires the executive director of the department of natural resources or the executive director's designee (executive director) to conduct a study as soon as practicable regarding the challenges for native pollinating insect populations, their associated ecosystems, and their health and resilience in the state. Based on the results of the study, the executive director is required to make recommendations:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-199"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-199 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Kevin Priola", "Meg Froelich", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7838ba82-b9e4-40e7-bf49-5aca65a77c3f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-199"
source_hash: "b7aa1846bcff293194ea83c854daeb0e0ab7da1e9a7ccaea2c0ccf0c5623090a"
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 22-199 (2022A) — Native Pollinating Insects Protection Study

The act requires the executive director of the department of natural resources or the executive director's designee (executive director) to conduct a study as soon as practicable regarding the challenges for native pollinating insect populations, their associated ecosystems, and their health and resilience in the state. Based on the results of the study, the executive director is required to make recommendations:

## 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_sb199_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_199_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_199_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-27T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `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`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7838ba82-b9e4-40e7-bf49-5aca65a77c3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).