Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new law prohibiting surgery on a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting any health-care professional or other person from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing any surgery to a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics and prohibiting the use of state or federal funds, Medicaid reimbursement, or insurance coverage to pay for this type of surgery.

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 creating new law prohibiting surgery on a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting any health-care professional or other person from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing any surgery to a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics and prohibiting the use of state or federal funds, Medicaid reimbursement, or insurance coverage to pay for this type of surgery?

Hearing August 6, 2025

Single subject approved (2-1, Conley); staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jennifer Sullivan, Jeremiah Barry
Hearing adjourned 3:24 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.