Modify Statewide Ballot Measure Processes

Added co-sponsors to both House and Senate sponsorship lists, expanding legislative support for the bill.

Updated reading dates and versions to reflect the progression from preliminary amendment to final re-revised version adopted on May 2, 2025.

Changed document status from 'PREAMENDED' to 'REREVISED' and updated committee assignments to reflect final legislative action.

Proponents must submit a chart visually demonstrating differences between drafts when submitting five or more drafts within the same initiative cycle.

Designated representatives must notify the secretary of state when petitions reach 25%, 50%, and 75% of required signatures and when circulation stops.

Secretary of state must post online lists of petitions at 25%, 50%, and 75% signature milestones and those no longer being circulated.

Title board's last meeting deadline changed from the third Wednesday in April to the first Wednesday in April, requiring earlier draft submissions.

Rehearing motions must now be filed by 5 p.m. on the seventh day following the title board's decision instead of within 48 hours.

Secretary of state can impose fines up to $1,500 on designated representatives who fail to meet new reporting requirements.

Added a note indicating the bill has been prepared for signatures of legislative officers and the Governor.

Reformatted the bill text layout and spacing for final enactment.

Proponents submitting five or more drafts in the same initiative cycle must now submit a chart visually demonstrating differences between each draft.

Fiscal summaries for tax increase measures must now include preliminary estimates of the maximum dollar amount of revenue and spending changes for the first and final full fiscal years.

Title board must now indicate in ballot titles whether measures modify/extend/repeal existing law or create new law, and must distinguish between 'change to Colorado Revised Statutes' and 'amendment to Colorado Constitution'.

Ballot titles for tax increase measures must include estimates of maximum dollar amount of revenue changes for the first or final full fiscal year.

Added requirement for ballot titles to state 'in order to increase or improve levels of public services' for tax measures that specify or do not specify public services to be funded.

Title board last meeting deadline changed from first Wednesday in April to third Wednesday in April, extending the window for draft submissions.

Added clear definition of 'initiative cycle' as the period from 12 days before the first Wednesday in December following a general election through the third Wednesday in April of the election year.

Added five new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship list: Bacon, Boesenecker, Lindsay, Mabrey, McCluskie, McCormick, and Titone.

Removed the requirement for proponents to submit a copy of the original typewritten draft to legislative officials.

Removed the requirement for proponents to submit an original final draft for printing.

Updated the bill summary date to April 23, 2025, to reflect amendments adopted during the third reading in the House of Introduction.

Added requirement that proponents must submit designated representatives for all drafts when submitting five or more drafts in the same initiative cycle.

Added requirement that all drafts must include proper ballot titles and submission clauses to allow voters to express their choice clearly.

Removed previous language that was less specific about the requirements for multiple draft submissions.