Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

An amendment to the Colorado Constitution creating a constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest fish and wildlife by traditional methods, including all species of fish and wildlife managed by the state except non-game species, endangered species, or any species that is illegal to hunt under federal law, and, in connection therewith, establishing hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing fish and wildlife populations; and preserving the state’s ability to regulate hunting, fishing, and wildlife management if the regulation is reasonably related to a legitimate governmental interest.

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

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution creating a constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest fish and wildlife by traditional methods, including all species of fish and wildlife managed by the state except non-game species, endangered species, or any species that is illegal to hunt under federal law, and, in connection therewith, establishing hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing fish and wildlife populations; and preserving the state’s ability to regulate hunting, fishing, and wildlife management if the regulation is reasonably related to a legitimate governmental interest?

Hearing April 15, 2026

Single subject approved; draft title changed; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
Board members: Christy Chase, Theresa Conley, Jennifer Sullivan
Hearing adjourned 2:23 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.