The winners and losers from Colorado’s fourteen statewide ballot measures

Article author: 
Sherrie Peif
Article publisher: 
Complete Colorado
Article date: 
11 November 2024
Article category: 
Colorado News
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... Here is the complete breakdown of how the measures fared:

PASSED

  • Amendment G: Passed by 72.82 percent — This legislature-referred amendment expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include those with “individual unemployability” status.
  • Amendment H: Passed by 72.93 percent — This legislature-referred amendment creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board...
  • Amendment I: Passed by 69.02 percent— This legislature-referred amendment will make criminal suspects charged with first-degree murder ineligible for bail...
  • Amendment J: Passed by 64.25 percent— This legislature-referred amendment removes a sentence from the state Constitution that says “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage...
  • Amendment 79: Passed by 61.86 percent — This citizen-initiated amendment will enshrine a right to abortion in the Colorado Constitution, and remove a current constitutional provision that bans the use of public funds for abortions...
  • Proposition JJ: Passed by 76.24 percent — This legislative initiative will remove Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) revenue restrictions on the tax money collected by the state from sports betting...
  • Proposition KK: Passed by 54.39 percent— This legislative initiative creates a new tax of a 6.5% excise tax on firearms and ammunition manufacturing and sales to be imposed on firearms dealers, manufacturers, and ammunition vendors...
  • Proposition 128: Passed by 62.17 percent— This citizens’ initiative will increase the minimum amount of time spent in jail for certain crimes before being eligible for parole...
  • Proposition 129: PASSED by 52.46 percent— This citizens’ initiative will create the profession of veterinary professional associate...
  • Proposition 130: Passed by 52.82 percent — This citizens’ initiative will create the “Peace Officer Training and Support Fund”...

FAILED