Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024

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

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 on or after January 1, 2025, to serve eighty-five percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole; requiring an offender convicted of committing any such crime on or after January 1, 2025, who has twice previously been convicted of any crime of violence not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole; and continuing the governor’s authority to grant parole for any such offender before the eligibility date if extraordinary mitigating circumstances exist.

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 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 on or after January 1, 2025, to serve eighty-five percent of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole; requiring an offender convicted of committing any such crime on or after January 1, 2025, who has twice previously been convicted of any crime of violence not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole; and continuing the governor’s authority to grant parole for any such offender before the eligibility date if extraordinary mitigating circumstances exist?

Hearing April 19, 2023

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jerry Barry, Eric Meyer
Hearing adjourned 11:03 AM.

Rehearing April 28, 2023

Motion for Rehearing (Movant) granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the title (2-1, Morrison dissented).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jerry Barry, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:40 AM.

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