Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #327, 328

Friday, April 3, 2026·20m·▶ Watch / Listen

Legislative Council staff conducted a review and comment hearing on two proposed initiatives — #327 and #328 — that would establish temporary congressional district maps for Colorado's 2028 and 2030 elections, with proponents acknowledging drafting gaps including cross-references to non-existent statutory sections and an absence of a court review deadline. No votes were taken on either initiative and no formal amendments were adopted.

Key Actions

·Initiative #327 – Temporary Congressional Districts (Constitutional Amendment)No Vote

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Controversies

Specificity of technical comment on comma usage

A proponent challenged Legislative Council staff's technical comment on comma usage as insufficiently specific, stating 'tell me to be more specific, please.' Shipley acknowledged she was not sure what language the editors were referring to and said she would follow up if she identified it.

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Notable Quotes

“As a practical matter, they may. As a legal requirement, they do not.”
Proponent (speaker identity unclear) — In response to Shipley's question about whether the criteria specified in Article 5, Section 44.3 of the Colorado Constitution or in proposed Section 2150 5.5 sub 1 of Initiative #327 apply to the temporary congressional district maps.

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TranscriptPreview

It. And hit record. Okay. Today is Friday, April 3rd. This is the review and comment hearing for the proposed measures for 2025, 2026, number 327 and number 328. My name is Jessica Shipley. I am with Legislative Council staff and I'm joined by Caroline Martin with the Office of Legislative Legal Services and the proponents of the measure, Robin Carnes and John Brackne. And I'm Scott Gusser representing the proponents today. Great. Thank you for being here. We're going to go through this review and comment memo. I'm going to go ahead and read the introduction. Carolyn Caroline will read the purposes. Then we'll go back and forth on the substantive comments. And then if you playing back which we don't want, Okay, then there are a series of technical comments and if you want those read, we can read them. Otherwise, we can just say that they are what they are. So. And you're welcome to make comments, not make comments. It's. It's totally up to you. So I'll start with the introduction. Section 140105 sub 1 Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Legislative Council staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to quote, review…

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