Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

An amendment to the Colorado Constitution holding oil and gas operators, and subsequent owners of their operations, jointly and severally liable for any damages, including personal injury, property damage, and environmental harm, resulting from their oil and gas operations.

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 holding oil and gas operators, and subsequent owners of their operations, jointly and severally liable for any damages, including personal injury, property damage, and environmental harm, resulting from their oil and gas operations?

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, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:48 AM.

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 10:45 AM.

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