Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes holding any oil and gas operator, owner, or producer strictly liable for any damages, including personal injury, property damage, or environmental harm, resulting from their oil and gas operations without regard to fault, negligence, or intent.

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

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes holding any oil and gas operator, owner, or producer strictly liable for any damages, including personal injury, property damage, or environmental harm, resulting from their oil and gas operations without regard to fault, negligence, or intent?

Hearing April 15, 2026

Single subject approved; draft title changed; titles set.
Board members: Christy Chase, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:58 AM.

Rehearing April 23, 2026

Motion for rehearing (Granger / West) denied in its entirety (3-0).
Board members: Christy Chase, Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 12:42 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Liability for Oil and Gas Operations" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.