2024 Ballot Measures

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Amendment 79 Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion and repeal provision banning the use of public funds for abortions
Amendment 80 Provide a constitutional right to school choice including neighborhood schools, charter schools, private schools, homeschools, open enrollment options, and future innovations in education
Amendment G Expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to veterans with individual unemployability status
Amendment H Creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board and create rules for the judicial discipline process
Amendment I Remove the right to bail in cases of first-degree murder when the proof is evident or the presumption is great
Amendment J Remove the provision of the state constitution that says "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state"
Amendment K Change deadlines for filing initiative and referendum petition signatures and judicial retention notice deadlines to remove one week in order to allow one extra week for the secretary of state to certify ballot order and content and election officials' deadline to transmit ballots

Proposition 127 Prohibit trophy hunting, defined as "intentionally killing, wounding, pursuing, or entrapping a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx; or discharging or releasing any deadly weapon at a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx"
Proposition 128 Require that persons convicted of certain violent crimes serve more of their sentences before being eligible for parole
Proposition 129 Create the profession of veterinary professional associate (VPA) requiring a master's degree and registration with the state board of veterinary medicine
Proposition 130 Allocate state revenue to a new fund, called the Peace Officer Training and Support Fund, for law enforcement recruitment, retention, training, and death benefits
Proposition 131 Establish top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal and state offices in Colorado
Proposition JJ Allow the state to retain tax revenue collected above $29 million annually from the tax on sports betting proceeds
Proposition KK Levy a 6.5% excise tax on firearms and ammunition manufacturing and sales to be imposed on firearms dealers, manufacturers, and ammunition vendors and appropriating the revenue to the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Cash Fund to be used to fund crime victim services programs, education programs, and mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans