Colorado’s numerous ballot measures have produced a mix of approvals and rejections, based on the latest unofficial tally.  

Here’s what passed

Amendment G 

This constitutional amendment expands the eligibility requirements for property tax exemptions for veterans with disabilities, now including veterans whose service-connected disability is not rated as 100% permanent but do have unemployability status. The measure received 72% of the vote.

As a constitutional amendment, it needed at least 55% of the vote to pass. 

An estimated additional 3,700 veterans in Colorado will now be eligible for property tax exemptions under the amendment.

Amendment H

This constitutional amendment creates an independent board responsible for reviewing complaints and making decisions about misconduct or ethical violations by judges. It received more than 72% of the vote. As with all constitutional amendments, it required at least 55% of the vote to pass.

Amendment I

This amendment creates an exception to the right to post bail for cases of first-degree murder when “proof is evident or presumption is great”. 

The amendment received 69% of the vote, the latest tally showed. It, too, required at least 55% of the vote to pass.

Amendment J

This amendment repeals a portion of the Colorado Constitution stating that only marriages between men and women are valid or recognized in the state. It received just over 63% of the vote. It required at least 55% of the vote to pass.

Amendment 79

This amendment enshrines the right to abortion in the Colorado Constitution and removes a prohibition on state funding for abortion services. It received 61% of the vote. It required at least 55% of the vote to pass.

Proposition JJ

This legislatively referred measure proposes allowing the state to keep sports betting tax revenue above $29 million each year and use it for water conservation projects, rather than refunding it to casinos and sports betting operators. 

The initiative received over 75% of the vote, according to the latest tally.

Proposition KK

This proposition imposes a 6.5% excise tax on sales of firearms and ammunition, with the proceeds collected going toward services for veterans, at-risk youth, and crime victims. 

It received 54% of the vote. 

Proposition 128

This initiative proposes requiring individuals charged with certain violent crimes on or after January 1, 2025 to serve 85% of their sentence before being eligible for parole, up from the current 75% requirement. It also requires individuals with two violent crime convictions to serve their full sentence before beginning parole. 

It received 62% of the vote.

Proposition 129

This proposition creates a new position within the veterinary medicine field called the veterinary professional associate. Veterinary professional associates would be required to earn a Master’s Degree in veterinary clinical care or something equivalent as determined by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine. The measure received 52% of the vote. 

Proposition 130t

This initiative requires the state legislature to appropriate $350 million to a “peace officer training and support fund” to be used by law enforcement agencies to hire and retain police officers and create a death benefit for families of law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders killed in the line of duty.

It received 53% of the vote. 

Here’s what didn’t pass

Amendment K

This amendment would have moved the deadline to submit signatures for initiative and referendum petitions, as well as for judges to seek another term, up one week, while also requiring that the content of local ballot measures be published in local newspapers 30 days earlier than currently required by law. 

The latest tally showed 55% of Coloradans voting against it. As a constitutional amendment, it needed 55% of the vote to pass. 

Amendment 80

This amendment would have enshrined the right to school choice for K-12 education in the state constitution and declare that school choice includes neighborhood, charter and private schools, home schooling, open enrollment options and any future innovations in education.

The amendment needed 55% of the vote to pass; it only received 45%, the latest tally showed.  

Proposition 127

This initiative would have prohibited the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx. Some 55% of Coloradans voted against it. 

Proposition 131

This proposition would have reshaped the state’s election process by establishing an all-candidate primary for certain offices and allowing voters to rank candidates from first to last choice in the general election. Some 55% of Coloradans voted against it. 

For the most up-to-date election results from the Secretary of State, click here.