Ballot Title Setting Board
2019-2020

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution requiring prior voter approval for a new state tax or state tax rate increase unless the new tax or rate increase, alone or in combination with all other new state taxes and state tax rate increases, will not generate revenue above amounts determined as set forth in the amendment.

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 requiring prior voter approval for a new state tax or state tax rate increase unless the new tax or rate increase, alone or in combination with all other new state taxes and state tax rate increases, will not generate revenue above amounts determined as set forth in the amendment?

February 5, 2020 - Hearing

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set. The Board determined that the proposed initiative adds language to the state constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative. Hearing adjourned 3:54 PM.

February 19, 2020 - Rehearing

Motion for Rehearing (Sopkin) denied in its entirety.
Motion for Rehearing (Sandberg) denied in its entirety.
Hearing adjourned 1:16 PM.

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