republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-213.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Support Programs"
description: "The act supports various aspects of early childhood and child care by extending current grant programs and developing new programs by making the following appropriations:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-213"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-213 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Kerry Tipper", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a445c81e-1978-45dd-a5e4-a91e19eb3c28"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-213"
source_hash: "c6dc87452e49ac1f5b6c66a00f3c00415dacd8f5a006538e3b8628be4d48913c"
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 22-213 (2022A) — Child Care Support Programs

The act supports various aspects of early childhood and child care by extending current grant programs and developing new programs by making the following appropriations:

## 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_sb213_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_h_pbh_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_h_pbh_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_rr3.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_213_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_213_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- 2022-05-10 11:38:53 — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+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
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended 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 Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a445c81e-1978-45dd-a5e4-a91e19eb3c28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).