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Law Enforcement Reporting Requirements to Federal Authorities (Initiative #95)

On the ballot

Colorado · November 2026 general election · Constitutional amendment · Election day November 3, 2026
Topics: Criminal justice, Immigration, Public safety

In plain language

This initiated constitutional amendment would require Colorado peace officers, correctional officers, and district attorney offices to notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security within 72 hours when they charge someone whose lawful presence in the United States cannot be confirmed after a reasonable attempt to determine it. The requirement would apply when the person is charged with a crime of violence under state law or has a prior felony conviction. Colorado law currently limits when state and local agencies share information with federal immigration authorities. Passage requires 55 percent approval.

Fiscal impact

Legislative Council Staff's initial fiscal impact statement (August 11, 2025) projects no change in state revenue, TABOR refunds, or state FTE, and state cash-fund expenditures of $0 in FY 2025-26 and $60,000 in FY 2026-27. It also identifies impacts on local governments and statutory public entities that would need to change notification practices. Legislative Council Staff notes it may revise this estimate for the ballot information booklet (Blue Book).

Summarized from the official fiscal analysis listed in the sources below. Figures are the state's, not this site's.

What supporters and opponents say

These are summaries of arguments made by the named organizations, drawn from the sources listed below. They are their claims, not this site's, and this site takes no position on the measure.

What supporters say

  • Kristi Burton Brown, executive vice president of Advance Colorado, says the measure narrows in on "violent criminals and repeat felons" and that it is "pretty common sense that no one wants them free on our streets."
  • The Advance Colorado Institute, which filed the initiative, is listed by Ballotpedia as its organizational supporter.

Attributed to Advance Colorado Institute.

What opponents say

  • The League of Women Voters of Colorado opposes the initiative, arguing that lawful residents or citizens could be reported in error, possibly through racial profiling, and that a person charged with a crime is entitled to a presumption of innocence.
  • Rocky Mountain Equality says the measure "would overturn existing Colorado state law and force law enforcement to notify ICE about a person's immigration status" for anyone merely charged rather than convicted.
  • Vote Common Sense registered as the committee opposing the measure, according to Ballotpedia's campaign finance tracking.

Attributed to League of Women Voters of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Equality, Vote Common Sense.

Official ballot language

Reproduced verbatim from the state's certified ballot text.

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution requiring law enforcement to notify the department of homeland security when a person is charged with either a violent crime or any crime if the person has a prior felony conviction if law enforcement cannot determine that the person is lawfully present in the United States?

Sources

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