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Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #318, 319, 320, 321

Thursday, April 2, 2026·19m·▶ Watch / Listen

Legislative Council and Legislative Legal Services staff held a review-and-comment hearing on four proposed 2025-2026 initiatives — Nos. 318, 319, 320 and 321 — all aimed at shielding voter-approved statutory measures from legislative interference for four years. No votes are taken at these hearings; staff read comments from a March 31 memorandum and proponents' counsel responded.

Key Actions

·Review-and-comment procedureAction

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Notable Quotes

The single subject of all of the proposed initiatives is protecting statutory ballot measures from legislative interference.

Riley Meyer (counsel for proponents) · witnessColorado's constitution requires initiatives to address a single subject; Meyer's answer frames the intent uniting all four measures.

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TranscriptPreview
Okay, so we're going to call this review and comment hearing to order. This is the hearing for proposed initiative measures 2025-2026, numbers 318, 319, 320 and 321 concerning a four year protection for statutory initiatives. We will now go around and introduce ourselves. For the purposes of the record, my name is Nina Forbes and I'm with Legislative Council staff. I'm Jacob Bennington. I'm with Legislative Legal Services. I'm Riley Meyer with Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber Shrek. On behalf of proponents, I am Dr. Amy Spicer, proponent. I am Kyle Bollier, proponent. Section 140105 subsection 1 of Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Colorado Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. The purpose of this statutory requirement of the directors of the Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments intended to aid proponents in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of knowledge of the contents of the proposal. While this is a public meeting and members of the public are free to be here and listen in, the purpose
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