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 holding oil and gas operators and waste injectors jointly and severally liable for damage to underground drinking water sources caused by the generation or injection of exploration and production waste, and, in connection therewith, holding operators and waste injectors liable for all costs to restore the drinking water source and for economic, environmental, or health-related harm caused by the damage.

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 holding oil and gas operators and waste injectors jointly and severally liable for damage to underground drinking water sources caused by the generation or injection of exploration and production waste, and, in connection therewith, holding operators and waste injectors liable for all costs to restore the drinking water source and for economic, environmental, or health-related harm caused by the damage?

Hearing April 15, 2026

Single subject approved; draft title changed; titles set.
Board members: Christy Chase, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 12:07 PM.

Rehearing April 23, 2026

Motion for rehearing (Granger/West) denied in its entirety (3-0).
Board members: Christy Chase, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:22 AM.

* Unofficially captioned "Liability for Oil and Gas and Waste Injection Operations" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.