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Rules and Notices of Rulemaking

Contents

Departmental regulatory agendas
Current rules & rulemaking status
Rules pending effective date
Proposed rules and notices of rulemaking
Rule reviews
Help shape Colorado Secretary of State rules
Departmental rulemaking policy and procedures for soliciting input from local governments (PDF)

Current rules & rulemaking status

* Published rules are official copies of current and past rules as published in the Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR).
** Unofficial copies are the adopted versions of rules, issued in anticipation of publication.

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CCR # Concerning Effective date Published rules* Unofficial copies** Rulemaking status
8 CCR 1505-1 Elections 1/10/2024 HTML Index (HTML) Temporary rules adopted 1/10/2024
8 CCR 1505-2 Bingo/Raffles 3/31/2023 HTML PDF Adopted 2/08/2023
8 CCR 1505-3 General Policies & Administration 10/30/2008 HTML PDF Amended 9/04/2008
8 CCR 1505-4 Colorado Central Indexing System Board 7/01/2003 HTML n/a Repealed 7/01/2003
8 CCR 1505-5 Colorado Central Information System Board 7/01/2003 HTML n/a Repealed 7/01/2003
8 CCR 1505-6 Campaign and Political Finance 12/15/2023 HTML PDF Adopted 10/25/2023
8 CCR 1505-7 UCC Filing Office Rules 7/30/2013 HTML PDF Adopted 6/17/2013
8 CCR 1505-8 Lobbyist Regulation 7/30/2021 HTML PDF Adopted 5/28/2021
8 CCR 1505-9 Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act 11/12/2020 HTML PDF Published in CCR 11/30/2020
8 CCR 1505-10 Electronic Recording Technology Grant Program 4/30/2021 HTML PDF Repealed 4/30/2021
8 CCR 1505-11 Notary Program 9/01/2023 HTML PDF Adopted 6/30/2023
8 CCR 1505-12 Public Records Requested Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) 7/02/2006 HTML PDF Adopted 6/16/2006
8 CCR 1505-13 Address Confidentiality Program 10/15/2011 HTML PDF Repealed 10/15/2011
8 CCR 1505-14 Conflict of Interest Disclosures 1/01/2009 HTML PDF Adopted 11/13/2008

Rules pending effective date

Rule Concerning Status Effective date Rule text History
8 CCR 1505-11 Notary Program Permanently adopted on 3/08/2024
eDocket details		 4/30/2024 PDF 12/19/2023 rulemaking hearing

Proposed rules and notices of rulemaking

Elections

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

3/15/2024 – Implement changes made by Senate Bill 23-276 concerning which elections costs borne by counties are necessary and reasonable and thus reimbursable; bar the use of ballot return envelopes that have a hole or any other opening in which the target area for any contest on the ballot may be seen by the November 2024 general election and require the development of quality control processes; and technical revisions

Notice of temporary / emergency adoption

1/10/2024 - New Rule 7.2.17 concerning hole punches or other opening in ballot-return envelopes where a target area for any contest on the ballot may be seen (PDF)

Unofficial copy of the Election Rules as adopted and temporarily effective 1/10/2024 (PDF)

Notary

Rulemaking hearing dates and records (notices, proposed rules, and other information)

11/15/2023 – New Rule 2.4 requires a notary public to both: (1) inform a customer, before performing a notarial act, of any service that is an additional charge to the notarial act and (2) provide an itemized invoice of each specific charge; and specifies the consequences of failing to abide by the new requirements

3/8/2024 – Notice of Adoption and Statement of Basis and Purpose (PDF)

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