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Departmental regulatory agendas
Current rules & rulemaking status
Rules pending effective date
Proposed rules and notices of rulemaking
Rule reviews
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Current rules & rulemaking status

* Published rules are official copies of current and past rules as published in the Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR).
** Unofficial copies are the adopted versions of rules, issued in anticipation of publication.

Rules pending effective date

Proposed rules and notices of rulemaking

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Bingo & raffle games

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

7/15/2024 – Uniform and proper administration of Colorado bingo & raffle laws; implementation of changes made by House Bill 24-1326 concerning the continuation under the sunset law of the licensing of certain games of chance including bingo, defining “strip bingo card”; specifying the requirements of the notices that licensees must post; clarifying language regarding the awarding of single game prizes and the raffling of motor vehicles and real estate; updating fines for class 1, 2, and 3 violations; and technical revisions

8/23/2024 - Notice of Adoption and Statement of Basis and Purpose (PDF)

Campaign & political finance

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – Repeal of Rule 24; standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

7/31/2024 – Uniform and proper administration of federal and Colorado campaign finance laws; implement changes made by House Bills 24-1147 and 24-1238 and Senate Bill 24-210; introduce New Rule 25 regarding deepfake communications; update language pertaining to cost-sharing reporting requirements; include in rule processes and guidance already in practice by the Department; and cleanup/technical revisions.

Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – Standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

Elections

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – Standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

7/15/2024 – Uniform and proper administration of federal and Colorado election laws; implement changes made by Senate Bills 24-072 and 24-210; prohibit terminating a contract for the purchase, lease, or use of a voting system within the timeframe surrounding an election; further requirements of background checks required by voting system providers; establish new requirements regarding the custody and retention of voted ballots; and a number of additional changes; and cleanup/technical revisions

9/9/2024 – Notice of Adoption and Statement of Basis (PDF)

3/15/2024 – Implement changes made by Senate Bill 23-276 concerning which elections costs borne by counties are necessary and reasonable and thus reimbursable; bar the use of ballot return envelopes that have a hole or any other opening in which the target area for any contest on the ballot may be seen by the November 2024 general election and require the development of quality control processes; and technical revisions

5/09/2024 – Notice of Adoption and Statement of Basis and Purpose (PDF)

Notice of temporary / emergency adoption

9/9/2024 - Uniform and proper administration of state and federal election laws; ensure proper administration of legislation before the November 5, 2024 General Election (PDF)

5/09/2024 - New Rule 7.2.17 concerning hole punches or other opening in ballot-return envelopes where a target area for any contest on the ballot may be seen (PDF)

Unofficial copy of the Election Rules as adopted and temporarily effective 5/9/2024 (PDF)

1/10/2024 - New Rule 7.2.17 concerning hole punches or other opening in ballot-return envelopes where a target area for any contest on the ballot may be seen (PDF)

Unofficial copy of the Election Rules as adopted and temporarily effective 1/10/2024 (PDF)

General Policies & Administration

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – New Rule 3; standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

Lobbyist Regulation

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – Standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

Notary

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

8/15/2024 – Standardize an existing administrative hearing process within the Department to include other administrative complaints, requests for hearing, and transfers of complaints that exist and are under the purview of the Department, including amendments to rules concerning elections, campaign and political finance, the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act, lobbyist regulation, and notary program.

11/15/2023 – New Rule 2.4 requires a notary public to both: (1) inform a customer, before performing a notarial act, of any service that is an additional charge to the notarial act and (2) provide an itemized invoice of each specific charge; and specifies the consequences of failing to abide by the new requirements

3/8/2024 – Notice of Adoption and Statement of Basis and Purpose (PDF)

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