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 surgery altering a minor’s biological sex characteristics, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting any health-care professional or other person from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing any surgery or related medical care on a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics and prohibiting state or federal funds, Medicaid reimbursement, or insurance coverage from being used to pay for the prohibited medical interventions.

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 surgery altering a minor’s biological sex characteristics, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting any health-care professional or other person from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing any surgery or related medical care on a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics and prohibiting state or federal funds, Medicaid reimbursement, or insurance coverage from being used to pay for the prohibited medical interventions?

Hearing May 21, 2025

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set (3-0).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jennifer Sullivan, Jeremiah Barry
Hearing adjourned 12:10 PM.

Rehearing June 4, 2025

Motions for Rehearing (movant) granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the title; denied in all other aspects (2-1, Conley).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jennifer Sullivan, Jeremiah Barry
Hearing adjourned: 1:09 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.