Ballot Title Setting Board
2015-2016

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning marriage, and, in connection therewith, replacing the statement in the Colorado constitution that only a union of one man and one woman is valid or recognized as a marriage with a statement requiring the state of Colorado to respect the Establishment, Equal Protection, and Due Process Clauses of the United States constitution for issues concerning civil unions and marriages and enacting new statutes that prohibit the state or a local government from enacting or recognizing any law that defines marriage, require recognition of all out-of-state marriages and previously established Colorado marriages as civil unions, authorize laws and rules governing civil unions, and require the amendment or repeal of all existing inconsistent laws or rules.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning marriage, and, in connection therewith, replacing the statement in the Colorado constitution that only a union of one man and one woman is valid or recognized as a marriage with a statement requiring the state of Colorado to respect the Establishment, Equal Protection, and Due Process Clauses of the United States constitution for issues concerning civil unions and marriages and enacting new statutes that prohibit the state or a local government from enacting or recognizing any law that defines marriage, require recognition of all out-of-state marriages and previously established Colorado marriages as civil unions, authorize laws and rules governing civil unions, and require the amendment or repeal of all existing inconsistent laws or rules?

Hearing April 20, 2016

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 4:05 PM.

Rehearing April 28, 2016

Motion for Rehearing granted; title setting denied on the basis that the initiative does not constitute a single subject.
Hearing adjourned 1:07 PM.

* Unofficially captioned “Civil Unions and Marriages” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.