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Amendment G

House Concurrent Resolution 23-1002 - Modify Property Tax Exemption For Veterans with Disabilities (Modify Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with a Disability)

Referred to the voters by state legislature

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the expansion of eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a one hundred percent permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status?

• Text of house concurrent resolution 23-1002 (PDF)

Amendment H

House Concurrent Resolution 23-1001 - Judicial Discipline Procedures and Confidentiality

Referred to the voters by state legislature

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judicial discipline, and in connection therewith, establishing an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board, setting standards for judicial review of a discipline case, and clarifying when discipline proceedings become public?

• Text of house concurrent resolution 23-1001 (PDF)

Amendment I

House Concurrent Resolution 24-1002 - Constitutional Bail Exemption for First Degree Murder

Referred to the voters by state legislature

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning creating an exception to the right to bail for cases of murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great?

• Text of house concurrent resolution 24-1002 (PDF)

Amendment J

Senate Concurrent Resolution 24-003 - Repealing the Definition of Marriage in the Constitution (Repealing the Constitutional Definition of Marriage)

Referred to the voters by state legislature

Passes with a majority vote because it repeals language in the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution removing the ban on same-sex marriages?

• Text of senate concurrent resolution 24-003 (PDF)

Amendment K

Senate Concurrent Resolution 24-002 - Modify Constitutional Election Deadlines

Referred to the voters by state legislature

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the modification of certain deadlines in connection with specified elections?

• Text of senate concurrent resolution 24-002 (PDF)

Amendment 79

Initiative #89 - Constitutional Right to Abortion (Right to Abortion)

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado constitution recognizing the right to abortion, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state and local governments from denying, impeding, or discriminating against the exercise of that right, allowing abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans for Colorado state and local government employees and for enrollees in state and local governmental insurance programs?

• Text of initiative #89 (PDF)

Amendment 80

Initiative 138 – Constitutional Right to School Choice (School Choice in K-12 Education)

Requires 55% approval because it adds language to the state constitution.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution establishing the right to school choice for children in kindergarten through 12th grade, and, in connection therewith, declaring that school choice includes neighborhood, charter, and private schools; home schooling; open enrollment options; and future innovations in education?

• Text of initiative #138 (PDF)

Proposition JJ

House Bill 24-1436 - Retain Additional Sports Betting Tax Revenue

Passes with a majority vote.

Referred to the voter by state legislature

Without raising taxes, may the state keep and spend all sports betting tax revenue above voter-approved limits to fund water conservation and protection projects instead of refunding revenue to casinos?

• Text of House Bill 24-1436 (PDF)

Proposition KK

House Bill 24-1349 - Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax

Passes with a majority vote.

Referred to the voter by state legislature

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $39,000,000 ANNUALLY TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND AT-RISK YOUTH, SCHOOL SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES BY AUTHORIZING A TAX ON GUN DEALERS, GUN MANUFACTURERS, AND AMMUNITION VENDORS AT THE RATE OF 6.5% OF THE NET TAXABLE SALES FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF ANY GUN, GUN PRECURSOR PART, OR AMMUNITION, WITH THE STATE KEEPING AND SPENDING ALL OF THE NEW TAX REVENUE AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?

• Text of House Bill 24-1349 (PDF)

Proposition 127

Initiative #91 – Prohibit Bobcat, Lynx, and Mountain Lion Hunting (Prohibit Trophy Hunting)

Passes with a majority vote.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition on the hunting of mountain lions, lynx, and bobcats, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the intentional killing, wounding, pursuing, entrapping, or discharging or releasing of a deadly weapon at a mountain lion, lynx, or bobcat; creating eight exceptions to this prohibition including for the protection of human life, property, and livestock; establishing a violation of this prohibition as a class 1 misdemeanor; and increasing fines and limiting wildlife license privileges for persons convicted of this crime?

• Text of initiative #91 (PDF)

Proposition 128

Initiative 112 – Parole Eligibility for Crimes of Violence (Concerning Eligibility for Parole)

Passes with a majority vote.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parole eligibility for an offender convicted of certain crimes, and, in connection therewith, requiring an offender who is convicted of second degree murder; first degree assault; class 2 felony kidnapping; sexual assault; first degree arson; first degree burglary; or aggravated robbery committed on or after January 1, 2025, to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole, and requiring an offender convicted of any such crime committed on or after January 1, 2025, who was previously convicted of any two crimes of violence, not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole?

• Text of initiative #112 (PDF)

Proposition 129

Initiative 145 – Establishing Veterinary Professional Associates (Establish Qualifications and Registration for Veterinary Professional Associate

Passes with a majority vote.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating a new veterinary professional associate profession, and, in connection therewith, establishing qualifications including a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care or the equivalent as determined by the state board of veterinary medicine to be a veterinary professional associate; requiring registration with the state board; allowing a registered veterinary professional associate to practice veterinary medicine under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian; and making it a misdemeanor to practice as a veterinary professional associate without an active registration?

• Text of initiative #145 (PDF)

Proposition 130

Initiative 157 – Funding for Law Enforcement

Passes with a majority vote.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning state funding for peace officer training and support, and, in connection therewith, directing the legislature to appropriate 350 million dollars to the peace officer training and support fund for municipal and county law enforcement agencies to hire and retain peace officers; allowing the fund to be used for pay, bonuses, initial and continuing education and training, and a death benefit for a peace officer, police, fire and first responder killed in the line of duty; and requiring the funding to supplement existing appropriations?

• Text of initiative #157 (PDF)

Proposition 131

Initiative 310 - Establishing All-Candidate Primary and Ranked Choice Voting General Elections (Concerning the Conduct of Elections)

Passes with a majority vote.

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes creating new election processes for certain federal and state offices, and, in connection therewith, creating a new all-candidate primary election for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, CU board of regents, state board of education, and the Colorado state legislature; allowing voters to vote for any one candidate per office, regardless of the voter’s or candidate’s political party affiliation; providing that the four candidates for each office who receive the most votes advance to the general election; and in the general election, allowing voters to rank candidates for each office on their ballot, adopting a process for how the ranked votes are tallied, and determining the winner to be the candidate with the highest number of votes in the final tally?

• Text of initiative #310 (PDF)