Ballot Title Setting Board
2021-2022

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning initiative and referendum petitions, and, in connection therewith, allowing petitioning of all Colorado governments; changing requirements, procedures, and deadlines for: circulating petitions and qualifying petitions for the ballot, protesting petitions, including changing the venue and accelerating the protest process, and informing voters of petition contents, including referring voters to pro and con websites; limiting petition titles to 60 words; limiting the number of bills that the general assembly may exempt from possible voter review; allowing laws enacted by initiative to be changed only by another initiative; and repealing all conflicting statutes.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning initiative and referendum petitions, and, in connection therewith, allowing petitioning of all Colorado governments; changing requirements, procedures, and deadlines for: circulating petitions and qualifying petitions for the ballot, protesting petitions, including changing the venue and accelerating the protest process, and informing voters of petition contents, including referring voters to pro and con websites; limiting petition titles to 60 words; limiting the number of bills that the general assembly may exempt from possible voter review; allowing laws enacted by initiative to be changed only by another initiative; and repealing all conflicting statutes?

Hearing September 1, 2021

Proponents filed a Motion for Rehearing along with revised text. It was clarified that Proponents’ purpose was to refile the proposed initiative with multiple subject language stricken; resubmitted text was accepted by Title Board members based on vague statute language and confusion around refiling procedures; single subject approved 2-1 (Conley); staff draft amended; titles set. Board Members: David Powell, Theresa Conley, and Jason Gelender. Hearing adjourned 10:36 AM.

* Unofficially captioned "Petitions" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.