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Bill	Voter Transparency In Ballot Measures	The act requires that certain language appear at the beginning of a ballot title for an initiated measure that would either increase or decrease tax revenue through a tax change.First, in the case of a measure that would reduce state tax revenue through a tax change, the ballot title must begin "Shall there be a reduction to the (description of tax) by (the percentage by which the tax is reduced in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to (the three largest areas of program expenditure) by an estimated (projected dollar figure of revenue reduction to the state in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) in tax revenue...?". If the ballot measure specifies the public services or programs that are to be reduced by the tax change, those public services or programs must be stated in the ballot title.Second, in the case of a measure that would reduce local district property tax revenue through a tax change, the ballot title must begin "Shall funding available for counties, school districts, water districts, fire districts, and other districts funded, at least in part, by property taxes be impacted by a reduction of (projected dollar figure of property tax revenue reduction to all districts in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) in property tax revenue...?".Finally, in the case of a measure that would increase tax revenue for any district through a tax change, after the language required by section 20 (3)(c) of article X of the state constitution, the ballot title must state either "in order to increase or improve levels of public services", or, if applicable, "in order to increase or improve levels of public services, including, but not limited to (the program expenditure that the measure states will receive increased funding)".The act also changes the requirements for the ballot information booklet entry for certain measures. The act requires the ballot information booklet entry for an initiated measure that would increase or decrease income tax revenue or state sales tax revenue to include a table that shows the number of tax filers in designated income categories, the total tax burden change for each of those income categories, and the average tax burden change for a filer within each of those income categories. If an initiated measure includes a tax change that reduces state tax revenue, the act requires the ballot information booklet to include a description of the 3 largest areas of program expenditure funded by the affected revenue stream.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1321	Colorado HB 21-1321 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Brittany Pettersen Chris Kennedy Dominick Moreno Mike Weissman	11	19	11	2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00	2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e7912d21-70ab-4b61-a014-20043b0cbd39	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1321	de1abbb45efa20a8cb0a6e5568de464e1f25465bf5f255f8c794cda58e1a3c05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1321 (2021A) — Voter Transparency In Ballot Measures

The act requires that certain language appear at the beginning of a ballot title for an initiated measure that would either increase or decrease tax revenue through a tax change.First, in the case of a measure that would reduce state tax revenue through a tax change, the ballot title must begin "Shall there be a reduction to the (description of tax) by (the percentage by which the tax is reduced in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to (the three largest areas of program expenditure) by an estimated (projected dollar figure of revenue reduction to the state in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) in tax revenue...?". If the ballot measure specifies the public services or programs that are to be reduced by the tax change, those public services or programs must be stated in the ballot title.Second, in the case of a measure that would reduce local district property tax revenue through a tax change, the ballot title must begin "Shall funding available for counties, school districts, water districts, fire districts, and other districts funded, at least in part, by property taxes be impacted by a reduction of (projected dollar figure of property tax revenue reduction to all districts in the first full fiscal year that the measure reduces revenue) in property tax revenue...?".Finally, in the case of a measure that would increase tax revenue for any district through a tax change, after the language required by section 20 (3)(c) of article X of the state constitution, the ballot title must state either "in order to increase or improve levels of public services", or, if applicable, "in order to increase or improve levels of public services, including, but not limited to (the program expenditure that the measure states will receive increased funding)".The act also changes the requirements for the ballot information booklet entry for certain measures. The act requires the ballot information booklet entry for an initiated measure that would increase or decrease income tax revenue or state sales tax revenue to include a table that shows the number of tax filers in designated income categories, the total tax burden change for each of those income categories, and the average tax burden change for a filer within each of those income categories. If an initiated measure includes a tax change that reduces state tax revenue, the act requires the ballot information booklet to include a description of the 3 largest areas of program expenditure funded by the affected revenue stream.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (05/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (07/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMD — 23–39 (fail) · lower
• REPASS — 42–23 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 40–24 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 23–39 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 23–39 (fail) · lower
• CONCUR — 41–24 (pass) · lower
• 2021-06-08 15:26:46 — 25–40 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• AMD — 23–39 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Mike Weissman — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7912d21-70ab-4b61-a014-20043b0cbd39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).