Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning notification to the federal department of homeland security if law enforcement cannot determine if a person charged or released from confinement post-conviction is lawfully present in the United States, and, in connection therewith, requiring law enforcement to make a reasonable effort to determine if a person charged with a violent crime, a person charged with any crime with a prior felony conviction, or a person released from confinement after conviction if they have a prior felony conviction is lawfully in the United States; and if law enforcement does not make a determination of lawful presence the federal department of homeland security must be notified.

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 notification to the federal department of homeland security if law enforcement cannot determine if a person charged or released from confinement post-conviction is lawfully present in the United States, and, in connection therewith, requiring law enforcement to make a reasonable effort to determine if a person charged with a violent crime, a person charged with any crime with a prior felony conviction, or a person released from confinement after conviction if they have a prior felony conviction is lawfully in the United States; and if law enforcement does not make a determination of lawful presence the federal department of homeland security must be notified?

Hearing March 19, 2025

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barry, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 12:08 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Law Enforcement Determination of Legal Presence" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.