Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

An amendment to the Colorado Constitution that expands which taxes require voter approval under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, and, in connection therewith, requiring voter approval for a “tax expansion,” which is newly defined as a tax not previously assessed, a tax incorrectly categorized as a fee, the removal of a tax exemption or deduction, or a change in tax classification.

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

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that expands which taxes require voter approval under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, and, in connection therewith, requiring voter approval for a “tax expansion,” which is newly defined as a tax not previously assessed, a tax incorrectly categorized as a fee, the removal of a tax exemption or deduction, or a change in tax classification?

Hearing August 6, 2025

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set (3-0).
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jason Gelender, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 1:59 PM.

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