Ballot Title Setting Board
2019-2020

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the confinement standards for certain farm animals used in commercial production, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting confinement that does not meet specified space requirements for egg-laying hens of domesticated fowl, calves raised for veal, and breeding pigs; prohibiting a business from selling eggs or meat produced from covered farm animals confined in violation of the measure; allowing certain exceptions to the confinement standards for covered farm animals; imposing a fine for violations of the measure; and directing the commissioner of agriculture to enforce the measure.

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 the confinement standards for certain farm animals used in commercial production, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting confinement that does not meet specified space requirements for egg-laying hens of domesticated fowl, calves raised for veal, and breeding pigs; prohibiting a business from selling eggs or meat produced from covered farm animals confined in violation of the measure; allowing certain exceptions to the confinement standards for covered farm animals; imposing a fine for violations of the measure; and directing the commissioner of agriculture to enforce the measure?

Hearing April 15, 2020

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set. Hearing adjourned 2:02 PM.

Rehearing April 23, 2020

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles. Hearing adjourned 3:17 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Concerning Farm Animal Confinement" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.