Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

STATE TAXES SHALL BE INCREASED, IF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS APPROVE LOCAL LIMITED GAMING, IN ORDER TO INCREASE OR IMPROVE LEVELS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING FOR THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF LIMITED GAMING; FINANCIAL AID AND INSTRUCTION FOR COMMUNITY, JUNIOR, AND LOCAL DISTRICT COLLEGES; AND TO ADDRESS GAMING IMPACTS IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT AUTHORIZE LIMITED GAMING THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF LIMITED GAMING TO ANY CITY, TOWN, CITY AND COUNTY, OR COUNTY UPON LOCAL VOTER APPROVAL, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, NO LONGER RESTRICTING LIMITED GAMING TO THREE COMMUNITIES OR REQUIRING A STATEWIDE VOTE TO ALLOW EXPANSION TO EACH NEW JURISDICTION; REQUIRING NEW LIMITED GAMING OPERATORS TO PAY A TAX ON LIMITED GAMING PROCEEDS; AND ALLOWING THE TAX REVENUES TO BE KEPT AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE.

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

SHALL STATE TAXES SHALL BE INCREASED, IF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS APPROVE LOCAL LIMITED GAMING, IN ORDER TO INCREASE OR IMPROVE LEVELS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING FOR THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF LIMITED GAMING; FINANCIAL AID AND INSTRUCTION FOR COMMUNITY, JUNIOR, AND LOCAL DISTRICT COLLEGES; AND TO ADDRESS GAMING IMPACTS IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT AUTHORIZE LIMITED GAMING THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF LIMITED GAMING TO ANY CITY, TOWN, CITY AND COUNTY, OR COUNTY UPON LOCAL VOTER APPROVAL, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, NO LONGER RESTRICTING LIMITED GAMING TO THREE COMMUNITIES OR REQUIRING A STATEWIDE VOTE TO ALLOW EXPANSION TO EACH NEW JURISDICTION; REQUIRING NEW LIMITED GAMING OPERATORS TO PAY A TAX ON LIMITED GAMING PROCEEDS; AND ALLOWING THE TAX REVENUES TO BE KEPT AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?

Hearing April 15, 2026

Single subject approved; draft title changed; titles set.
The Board made a technical correction to the text of the measure.
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 4:19 PM.

Rehearing April 24, 2026

Motion for rehearing (Kammerzell) granted only to the extent the Board made changes to the title (3-0). 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 2:48 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Limited Gaming Expansion and Local Control" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.