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 requiring law enforcement to notify the federal department of homeland security if a person’s lawful presence cannot be determined, and, in connection therewith, if law enforcement cannot determine that a person is lawfully present in the United States, requiring law enforcement to notify the department of homeland security when a person is charged with a violent crime or has a prior felony conviction, and when a person is about to be released from confinement and has a prior felony conviction, and repealing the prohibition on a probation department employee providing personal information about an individual to federal immigration authorities.

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 requiring law enforcement to notify the federal department of homeland security if a person’s lawful presence cannot be determined, and, in connection therewith, if law enforcement cannot determine that a person is lawfully present in the United States, requiring law enforcement to notify the department of homeland security when a person is charged with a violent crime or has a prior felony conviction, and when a person is about to be released from confinement and has a prior felony conviction, and repealing the prohibition on a probation department employee providing personal information about an individual to federal immigration authorities?

Hearing May 7, 2025

Single subject approved (3-0); staff draft amended; titles set (2-1, Barry).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison, Jeremiah Barry
Hearing adjourned 11:41 AM.

* Unofficially captioned "Law Enforcement Reporting Requirements to Federal Authorities" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.