Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #197

Tuesday, January 6, 2026·52m·▶ Watch / Listen

In a routine statutory review-and-comment session, Legislative Council and Legislative Legal Services staff walked the proponents of Initiative #197 — which would designate existing sporting-goods sales tax revenue for conservation — through drafting concerns, prompting the proponents to agree to several clarifying changes. No vote is taken at these hearings.

Key Actions

·Review and comment: Initiative #197 (sporting-goods sales tax for conservation)Action

Notable Quotes

“The single subject is conservation funding for wildfire prevention, waterland, parks and wildlife.”
Tarn Udall (proponent) · witness — Proponents' summary of the measure's purpose, which under Colorado's single-subject rule must be established before an initiative can advance to the title-setting stage.

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TranscriptPreview

It. Okay. This meeting is called to order. This is the hearing for proposed initiative measure 2025 26, number 197 concerning designate sporting goods sales tax revenue for conservation. It is 1:00pm on January 6, 2026, in House Committee Room 0109. We will go around and introduce ourselves for the purposes of the record. So I'm Amanda Little and I am with Legislative Council staff. My name is Pierce Lively. I'm with the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Good afternoon. Tarn Udall. I'm one of the proponents of the initiative. Martha Tierney, council for the proponents. Hi. Erin Citron, the other proponent. Okay. Section 140, 151 of Colorado Revised Statutes require 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 the statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Counsel 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…

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