Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307

Thursday, April 2, 2026·33m·▶ Watch / Listen

Legislative Council and Office of Legislative Legal Services staff walked proponents through six near-identical proposed ballot initiatives (302 through 307), each seeking to enshrine a right to hunt and fish, in a review-and-comment session that turned largely on vague terms and provisions staff warned might have no legal effect.

Key Actions

·Proposed Initiatives 302 and 303 — right to hunt and fishAction

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Notable Quotes

“Well, I think primary is the main. Preferred is maybe goes beyond that. Primary could be 30% and everything else is 10. 10% and preferred could be. This is the one you consider first, which would make it 60%. I think it could be different.”
Suzanne Taheri (proponent) · witness — The proponent's off-the-cuff attempt to distinguish 'primary' from 'preferred' — key terms in 302's framing of hunting as the leading wildlife-management method — illustrated staff concerns about how courts would interpret the undefined language.

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TranscriptPreview

All right. This the review and comment hearing for initiatives proposed initiatives 302 through 307 on April 2nd at 1 o'. Clock. I am Alex Kelham with Legislative Council staff. I'm Jerry Payne with the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Suzanne Teheri, proponent. Steve Ward, proponent. Great section 1 40, 105 1. Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Legislative Council Staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We hereby submit our comments and questions to you regarding the appended proposed initiative. The purpose of this statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council Staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments and questions intended to aid designated representatives and the proponents they represent in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of the contents of the proposal. Our first objective is to be sure we understand your intended purposes of the proposal. We hope the comments and questions in this memorandum provide a basis for discussion and understanding of the proposal. Discussion between designated representatives or their legal representatives and employees of Legislative…

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