Ballot Title Setting Board
2017-2018

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning state and local government cooperation in the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting state and local government from barring or restricting communication with federal immigration agencies regarding the citizenship or immigration status, whether lawful or unlawful, of any individual or the intergovernmental sharing or maintenance of records of such citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting state and local government from encouraging or facilitating the physical harboring of an individual not lawfully present in the United States; requiring each jurisdiction to annually notify its elected officials and employees of their duty to comply with federal immigration laws; and requiring annual compliance reporting.

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 state and local government cooperation in the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting state and local government from barring or restricting communication with federal immigration agencies regarding the citizenship or immigration status, whether lawful or unlawful, of any individual or the intergovernmental sharing or maintenance of records of such citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting state and local government from encouraging or facilitating the physical harboring of an individual not lawfully present in the United States; requiring each jurisdiction to annually notify its elected officials and employees of their duty to comply with federal immigration laws; and requiring annual compliance reporting?

Hearing April 18, 2018

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 10:57 AM.

Rehearing April 26, 2018

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles and the fiscal impact abstract; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 1:46 PM.

* Unofficially captioned “Compliance with Federal Immigration Law” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.