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 making it illegal to intentionally cause the death of a fetus or child at any time until the child is eighteen years old, and, in connection therewith, providing exceptions for actions to save the life or preserve the health of both the mother and fetus during a pregnancy or at birth, remove a fetus who is no longer living, or remove or attempt to relocate an ectopic pregnancy; making the penalty for intentionally causing the death of a fetus or child consistent regardless of age, level of development, developmental ability or disability, health, prognosis, sex/gender, socio-economic background, origin, nationality, or ethnicity; and authorizing the attorney general of Colorado, concurrently with district attorneys and local law enforcement, to investigate, arrest, and prosecute a person who intentionally causes the death of a fetus or child.

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 making it illegal to intentionally cause the death of a fetus or child at any time until the child is eighteen years old, and, in connection therewith, providing exceptions for actions to save the life or preserve the health of both the mother and fetus during a pregnancy or at birth, remove a fetus who is no longer living, or remove or attempt to relocate an ectopic pregnancy; making the penalty for intentionally causing the death of a fetus or child consistent regardless of age, level of development, developmental ability or disability, health, prognosis, sex/gender, socio-economic background, origin, nationality, or ethnicity; and authorizing the attorney general of Colorado, concurrently with district attorneys and local law enforcement, to investigate, arrest, and prosecute a person who intentionally causes the death of a fetus or child?

Hearing February 16, 2022

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Julie Pelegrin, David Powell
Hearing adjourned 12:12 PM.

Rehearing March 16, 2022

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Board Members: Hilary Rudy, David Powell, Julie Pelegrin
Hearing adjourned 10:50 AM.

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