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 discontinuing the issuance of new oil and gas operation permits that utilize fracking by December 31, 2030, and, in connection therewith, requiring the phase-out of new oil and gas operation permits that utilize fracking; allowing permitted oil and gas operations that utilize fracking to continue; and requiring the state to explore transition strategies for impacted oil and gas workers who may transition to other employment.

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 discontinuing the issuance of new oil and gas operation permits that utilize fracking by December 31, 2030, and, in connection therewith, requiring the phase-out of new oil and gas operation permits that utilize fracking; allowing permitted oil and gas operations that utilize fracking to continue; and requiring the state to explore transition strategies for impacted oil and gas workers who may transition to other employment?

Hearing May 17, 2023

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board made a technical correction to the text of the initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison, Jerry Barry
Hearing adjourned 4:28 PM.

Rehearing June 21, 2023

Foster and Ward motions for rehearing were denied in their entirety.
Proponents motion for rehearing denied in its entirety.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison, Jerry Barry
Hearing adjourned 12:15 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Concerning Oil and Gas Permits That Incorporate the Use of Fracking" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.