As used in this code, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Abstract of votes cast means a certified record of the results in each
election for candidates for any office, ballot issue, or ballot question that the
county clerk and recorder certified for the ballot.
(1.1) Address of record means the elector's place of residence or the
elector's deliverable mailing address, if different from the elector's place of
residence.
(1.2) Affiliation means an elector's decision to affiliate with either a
political party or a political organization, as defined in subsections (24) and (25) of
this section.
(1.3) Assembly means a meeting of delegates of a political party, organized
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the political party, held for the
purpose of designating candidates for nominations.
(1.5) Authorizing legislation means the provisions of the state constitution
or statutes or of a local charter authorizing the existence and powers of a political
subdivision and providing for the call and conduct of the political subdivision's
election.
(1.7) Ballot means the list of all candidates, ballot issues, and ballot
questions upon which an eligible elector is entitled to vote at an election.
(2) Ballot box means the locked and sealed container in which ballots are
deposited by eligible electors. The term includes the container in which ballots are
transferred from a polling location to the office of the designated election official
and the transfer case in which electronic ballot cards and paper tapes and the
prom or any other electronic tabulation device are sealed by election judges for
transfer to the central counting center.
(2.1) Ballot card means the card, tape, or other vehicle on which an
elector's votes are recorded in an electronic or electromechanical voting system.
(2.3) Ballot issue means a state or local government matter arising under
section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in sections 1-41-102 (4)
and 1-41-103 (4), respectively.
(2.5) Ballot issue notice means the notice which is required by section 20
(3)(b) of article X of the state constitution and comprises the material between the
notice title and the conclusion of the summary of comments.
(2.7) Ballot question means a state or local government matter involving a
citizen petition or referred measure, other than a ballot issue.
(2.8) Confirmation card means a communication mailed from a county clerk
and recorder to an elector pursuant to section 1-2-302.5 (2)(b)(III), 1-2-509 (3)(b)(III),
or 1-2-605, which card must:
(a) Be mailed to the elector's address of record;
(b) Be sent by forwardable mail;
(c) Comply with all relevant requirements of the federal National Voter
Registration Act of 1993, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20501 et seq., as amended; and
(d) Include a postage-prepaid, preaddressed form by which the elector may
verify or correct his or her address information.
(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1750, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.)
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1394, � 2, effective July 1, 1993.)
(5) Congressional vacancy election means an election held at a time other
than the general election for the purpose of filling a vacancy in an unexpired term
of a representative in congress.
(6) Convention means a meeting of delegates of a political party, organized
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the political party, held for the
purpose of selecting delegates to other political conventions, including national
conventions, making nominations for presidential electors, or nominating
candidates to fill vacancies in unexpired terms of representatives in congress or
held for other political functions not otherwise covered in this code.
(6.5) Coordinated election means an election where more than one political
subdivision with overlapping boundaries or the same electors holds an election on
the same day and the eligible electors are all registered electors, and the county
clerk and recorder is the coordinated election official for the political subdivisions.
(7) County includes a city and county.
(7.3) County commissioner vacancy election means an election described
in section 1-12-206 (8)(a) that is conducted as part of a November odd-year
coordinated election and that is held for the purpose of filling a vacancy in an
unexpired term of the office of county commissioner who was affiliated with a
major political party in a county with a population of at least fifty thousand active
voters as of the date of the last general election.
(7.5) Deliverable mailing address means the elector's mailing address if
different from the elector's address of record as specified in accordance with
section 1-2-204 (2)(f).
(8) Designated election official means the member of a governing board,
secretary of the board, county clerk and recorder, or other person designated by
the governing body as the person who is responsible for the running of an election.
(9) District captain or district co-captain means any registered elector
who is a resident of the district, is affiliated with a political party, and is designated
or elected pursuant to political party rules of the county.
(9.5) District office of state concern means those elective offices, involving
congressional districts or unique political subdivisions with territory in more than
one county and with their own enabling legislation, as identified by rules of the
secretary of state based upon the method for designating candidates for office and
responsibility for identification and qualification of candidates.
(9.6) Driver's license means any license, temporary instruction permit, or
temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of
persons to operate motor vehicles and any identification card issued under part 4 of
article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.
(9.7) Drop box means a secure receptacle established to receive mail
ballots twenty-four hours a day. The term does not include a mail ballot box
maintained at a voter service and polling center pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(l)
or a drop-off location.
(9.8) Drop-off location means a location established for the receipt of mail
ballots under the supervision of a municipal clerk, election judges, a county clerk
and recorder or a member of the county clerk and recorder's staff, a designated
election official, or another person designated by the designated election official as
required by this code. The term does not include a mail ballot box maintained at a
voter service and polling center pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(l) or a drop box.
(10) Election official means any county clerk and recorder, election judge,
member of a canvassing board, member of a board of county commissioners,
member or secretary of a board of directors authorized to conduct public elections,
representative of a governing body, or other person contracting for or engaged in
the performance of election duties as required by this code.
(11) Election records includes accounting forms, certificates of registration,
pollbooks, certificates of election, signature cards, all affidavits, voter applications,
other voter lists and records, mail ballot return envelopes, voted ballots, unused
ballots, spoiled ballots, replacement ballots, key card access system logs, and
video security surveillance recordings.
(12) Elector means a person who is legally qualified to vote in this state.
The related terms eligible elector, registered elector, and taxpaying elector
are separately defined in this section.
(13) Elector registration information changes means changes in the name,
address, or political affiliation of a registered elector which are allowed by the
provisions of this code.
(13.5) Electromechanical voting system means a system in which an
elector votes using a device for marking a ballot card using ink or another visible
substance and the votes are counted with electronic vote-tabulating equipment.
The term includes a system in which votes are recorded electronically within the
equipment on paper tape and are recorded simultaneously on an electronic device
that permits tabulation at a counting center. As used in part 6 of article 5 of this
title, electromechanical voting system shall include a paper-based voting system.
(14) Electronic vote-tabulating equipment or electronic vote-counting
equipment means any apparatus that examines and records votes automatically
and tabulates the result, including but not limited to optical scanning equipment.
The term includes any apparatus that counts votes electronically and tabulates the
results simultaneously on a paper tape within the apparatus, that uses an electronic
device to store the tabulation results, and that has the capability to transmit the
votes into a central processing unit for purposes of a printout and an official count.
(14.5) Electronic voting device means a device by which votes are recorded
electronically, including a touchscreen system.
(15) Repealed.
(15.5) Electronic voting system means a system in which an elector votes
using an electronic voting device.
(16) Eligible elector means a person who meets the specific requirements
for voting at a specific election or for a specific candidate, ballot question, or ballot
issue. If no specific provisions are given, an eligible elector shall be a registered
elector, as defined in subsection (35) of this section.
(16.5) Federally accredited laboratory means a laboratory certified under
section 231 of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, 52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.,
or any successor section.
(17) General election means the election held on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.
(18) Governing body means a board of county commissioners, a city
council, a board of trustees, a board of directors, or any other entity which is
responsible for the calling and conducting of an election.
(18.5) Group residential facility means a nursing home, a nursing care
facility licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25, a home for persons with
intellectual and developmental disabilities as defined in section 25.5-10-202, an
assisted living residence licensed pursuant to section 25-27-105, or a residential
treatment facility for persons with behavioral or mental health disorders.
(19) Gubernatorial means and refers to voting in general elections for the
office of governor.
(19.5) (a) Identification means:
(I) A valid Colorado driver's license, except a license issued under part 5 of
article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
(II) A valid identification card issued by the department of revenue in
accordance with the requirements of part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
(III) A valid United States passport;
(IV) A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible
elector issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States
government or of this state, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or
other political subdivision of this state;
(V) A valid pilot's license issued by the federal aviation administration or
other authorized agency of the United States;
(VI) A valid United States military identification card with a photograph of
the eligible elector;
(VII) A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check,
paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the
elector;
(VIII) A valid medicare or medicaid card issued by the United States health
care financing administration;
(IX) A certified copy of a birth certificate for the elector issued in the United
States;
(X) Certified documentation of naturalization;
(XI) A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible
elector issued by an institution of higher education in Colorado, as defined in
section 23-3.1-102 (5), C.R.S.;
(XII) A valid veteran identification card issued by the United States
department of veterans affairs veterans health administration with a photograph of
the eligible elector;
(XIII) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (19.5)(a)(XIII) on
or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] A valid
identification card, which need not contain a photograph, that is:
(A) Issued by a federally recognized tribal government, the bureau of Indian
affairs, or the Indian health service; or
(B) Issued by any other federal agency issuing identification certifying tribal
membership and that includes an address in the state; or
(XIV) Any form of identification specified in subsections (19.5)(a)(I) to
(19.5)(a)(XIII) of this section that is in a digital format.
(b) Any form of identification indicated in paragraph (a) of this subsection
(19.5) that shows the address of the eligible elector shall be considered
identification only if the address is in the state of Colorado.
(c) Verification that a voter is a resident of a group residential facility, as
defined in subsection (18.5) of this section, shall be considered sufficient
identification for the purposes of section 1-7-110 (1).
(d) Verification that a voter is a person committed to the department of
human services and confined and eligible to register and vote shall be considered
sufficient identification of such person for the purposes of section 1-2-210.5.
(19.7) Instant runoff voting means a ranked voting method used to select a
single winner in a race, as set forth in section 1-7-1003 (3).
(20) Joint candidates means the two candidates for the office of governor
and the office of lieutenant governor for whom one vote cast at any general
election is applicable to both offices.
(21) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1394, � 2, effective July 1, 1993.)
(21.5) Key card access system means a system that controls physical entry
into a room or location by use of a radio frequency identification card or similar door
access system and produces a log that includes the name, date, and time that a
person enters the room or area.
(22) Major political party means any political party that at the last
preceding gubernatorial election was represented on the official ballot either by
political party candidates or by individual nominees and whose candidate at the last
preceding gubernatorial election received at least ten percent of the total
gubernatorial votes cast.
(22.5) Major political party affiliation means an elector's decision to
affiliate with a major political party, as defined in subsection (22) of this section.
(22.6) Major political party vacancy election means an election that is
conducted as part of an odd-year coordinated election to fill a vacancy in the
general assembly in accordance with section 1-12-203 (1.5).
(22.7) Manual count means a count conducted by hand or by scanning a
bar code.
(23) Minor political party means a political party other than a major
political party that satisfies one of the conditions set forth in section 1-4-1303 (1) or
has submitted a sufficient petition in accordance with section 1-4-1302.
(23.3) Nonpartisan election means an election that is not a partisan
election.
(23.4) Overvote means the selection by an elector of more names than
there are persons to be elected to an office or the designation of more than one
answer to a ballot question or ballot issue. Overvote does not include the ranking
of multiple candidates in an election using instant runoff voting in accordance with
part 10 of article 7 of this title 1.
(23.5) Paper-based voting system means an electromechanical voting
system in which the elector's vote is recorded solely on a paper ballot.
(23.6) Partisan election means an election in which the names of the
candidates are printed on the ballot along with their affiliation. The existence of a
partisan election for the state or for a political subdivision as a part of a coordinated
election does not cause an otherwise nonpartisan election of another political
subdivision to become a partisan election.
(24) Political organization means any group of registered electors who, by
petition for nomination of an unaffiliated candidate as provided in section 1-4-802,
places upon the official general election ballot nominees for public office.
(25) Political party means either a major political party or a minor political
party.
(26) Political party district means an area within a county composed of
contiguous whole election precincts, as designated by the political party county
chairperson.
(27) Pollbook means the list, maintained in the statewide voter registration
system created in section 1-2-301, of eligible electors who are permitted to vote at
a polling location or by mail ballot in an election conducted under this code.
(27.5) Polling location means a polling place or a voter service and polling
center, as applicable.
(28) Repealed.
(29) Population means population as determined by the latest federal
census.
(29.5) Post office box means a compartment on the premises of a central
mailing location, whether the location is administered by the United States postal
service or a commercial mail service entity, in which a patron's incoming mail is held
until collected by the patron.
(30) Precinct means an area with established boundaries within a political
subdivision used to establish election districts.
(31) Precinct caucus means a meeting of registered electors of a precinct
who are eligible to participate in accordance with the provisions of section 1-3-101,
such meeting being organized in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
political party.
(31.5) Presidential election means an election held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year in which the names
of candidates for president of the United States appear on the ballot.
(32) Primary election means the election held on the last Tuesday in June
of each even-numbered year and the presidential primary election held in
accordance with part 12 of article 4 of this title 1.
(33) Property owners list means the list furnished by the county assessor
in accordance with section 1-5-304 showing each property owner within the
subdivision, as shown on a deed or contract of record.
(33.5) Public assistance includes, but is not necessarily limited to,
assistance provided under the following programs:
(a) The food stamp program, as provided in part 3 of article 2 of title 26,
C.R.S.;
(b) Programs established pursuant to the Colorado Medical Assistance
Act, articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;
(c) The special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children,
as provided for in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1786;
(d) Assistance under the Colorado works program, as described in part 7 of
article 2 of title 26, C.R.S.
(34) Publication means printing one time, in one newspaper of general
circulation in the political subdivision if there is such a newspaper, and, if not, then
in a newspaper in the county in which the political subdivision is located. For a
political subdivision with territory within more than one county, if publication cannot
be made in one newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision, then
one publication is required in a newspaper in each county in which the political
subdivision is located and in which the political subdivision also has fifty or more
eligible electors.
(34.2) Purchase means to enter into a contract for the purchase, lease,
rental, or other acquisition of voting equipment.
(34.4) Ranked voting method means a method of casting and tabulating
votes that allows electors to rank the candidates for an office in order of
preference and uses these preferences to determine the winner of the election.
Ranked voting method includes instant runoff voting and choice voting or
proportional voting as described in section 1-7-1003.
(34.5) Referred measure includes any ballot question or ballot issue
submitted by the general assembly or the governing body of any political
subdivision to the eligible electors of the state or political subdivision pursuant to
article 40 or 41 of this title.
(35) Registered elector means an elector, as defined in subsection (12) of
this section, who has complied with the registration provisions of this code and who
resides within or is eligible to vote in the jurisdiction of the political subdivision
calling the election. If any provision of this code requires the signing of any
document by a registered elector, the person making the signature shall be deemed
to be a registered elector if the person's name and address at the time of signing
the document matches the name and address for the person on the registration
document at the county clerk and recorder's office, and as it appears on the master
elector list on file with the secretary of state.
(36) Repealed.
(37) Registration list means the computer list of electors currently
registered to vote as furnished and certified by the county clerk and recorder.
(38) Registration record means the approved and completed form on which
an elector has registered to vote, which includes the original signature of the
registrant. Registration record includes a standard-size approved elector
registration record to which a nonstandard completed form has been transferred by
copy or manual entry.
(39) Regular biennial school election means the election held on the first
Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(40) Regular drainage ditch election means the election held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each alternate year.
(41) Regular regional transportation district election means the election
held concurrently with the state general election in every even-numbered year
during which the directors are elected.
(42) Regular special district election means the election on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of May in every odd-numbered year, held for the
purpose of electing members to the board of special districts and for submission of
ballot issues, if any.
(43) Residence means the principal or primary home or place of abode of a
person, as set forth in section 1-2-102.
(44) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1732, � 2, effective July 1, 1996.)
(45) School district means a school district organized and existing
pursuant to law but does not include a local college district.
(45.5) Self-affirmation means a sworn statement made in writing and
signed by an individual, as though under oath. Any person falsely making a self-affirmation violates section 1-13-104.
(46) Special election means any election called by a governing board for
submission of ballot issues and other matters, as authorized by their enabling
legislation. Any governing body may petition a district court judge who has
jurisdiction over the political subdivision for permission to hold a special election on
a day other than those specified in this subsection (46). The district court judge may
grant permission only upon a finding that an election on the days specified would
be impossible or impracticable or upon a finding that an unforeseeable emergency
would require an election on a day other than those specified.
(46.3) Special legislative election means an election called by the general
assembly pursuant to part 3 of article 11 of this title.
(46.5) Statewide abstract of votes cast means the record of the results in
each election for candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions that the secretary
of state certified for the ballot.
(46.7) Statewide voter registration system means the centralized
statewide voter registration system, commonly referred to as SCORE, created in
section 1-2-301.
(47) Supervisor judge means the election judge appointed by the
designated election official to be in charge of the election process at a polling
location.
(48) Taxable property means real or personal property subject to general
ad valorem taxes. For all elections and petitions that require ownership of real
property or land, ownership of a mobile home or manufactured home, as defined in
section 5-1-301 (29), 38-12-201.5 (5), or 42-1-102 (48.8), is sufficient to qualify as
ownership of real property or land for the purpose of voting rights and petitions.
(49) Taxpaying elector shall have the same meaning as provided in section
32-1-103 (23), C.R.S.
(49.3) (a) Term of imprisonment or full term of imprisonment means the
period during which an individual is serving a sentence of detention or confinement
in any correctional facility, jail, or other location for a felony conviction.
(b) This subsection (49.3) applies to this code for the purpose of applying
section 10 of article VII of the state constitution.
(c) Term of imprisonment or full term of imprisonment does not include
the period during which an individual is on parole.
(49.5) Unaffiliated means that a person is registered but not affiliated with
a political party in accordance with the provisions of section 1-2-204 (2)(j).
(49.7) Undervote means the failure of an elector to vote on a ballot
question or ballot issue, the failure of an elector to vote for any candidate for an
office, or the designation by an elector of fewer votes than there are offices to be
filled; except that it is not an undervote if there are fewer candidates than offices to
be filled and the elector designates as many votes as there are candidates.
(49.8) Repealed.
(49.9) Video security surveillance recording means video monitoring by a
device that continuously records a designated location or a system using motion
detection that records one frame or more per minute until detection of motion
triggers continuous recording.
(50) Vote recorder or voting device means any apparatus that the elector
uses to record votes by marking a ballot card and that subsequently counts the
votes by electronic tabulating equipment or records the votes electronically on a
paper tape within the apparatus and simultaneously on an electronic tabulation
device.
(50.2) Voter registration agency means an office designated in section 1-2-504 to perform voter registration activities.
(50.3) Voter registration drive means the distribution and collection of
voter registration applications by two or more persons for delivery to a county clerk
and recorder.
(50.4) Voter registration drive organizer means a person, as defined in
section 2-4-401 (8), C.R.S., that organizes a voter registration drive in the state.
(50.5) Voter service and polling center means a location established for
holding elections, other than a polling place, that offers the services described in
section 1-5-102.9.
(50.6) (a) Voter-verified paper record means an auditable paper record
that:
(I) Is available for the elector to inspect and verify before the vote is cast;
(II) Is produced contemporaneously with or employed by any voting system;
(III) Lists the designation of each office, the number or letter of each ballot
issue or ballot question, and the elector's choice for each office, ballot issue, or
ballot question and indicates any office, ballot issue, or ballot question for which
the elector has not made a selection;
(IV) Is suitable for a manual audit or recount; and
(V) Is capable of being maintained as an election record in accordance with
the requirements of section 1-7-802.
(b) Any paper ballot that lists the title, along with any number, as applicable,
of each candidate race, ballot issue, or ballot question, on which the elector has
marked his or her choices in such races, issues, or questions shall constitute a
voter-verified paper record for purposes of this subsection (50.6).
(50.7) Voting equipment means electronic or electromechanical voting
systems, electronic voting devices, and electronic vote-tabulating equipment, as
well as materials, parts, or other equipment necessary for the operation and
maintenance of such systems, devices, and equipment.
(50.8) Voting system means a process of casting, recording, and tabulating
votes using electromechanical or electronic devices or ballot cards and includes,
but is not limited to, the procedures for casting and processing votes and the
operating manuals, hardware, firmware, printouts, and software necessary to
operate the voting system.
(50.9) Voting system provider means an individual engaged in private
enterprise or a business entity engaged in selling, leasing, marketing, designing,
building, or modifying voting systems to the state, a political subdivision of the
state, or another entity authorized to hold an election under this code.
(51) Watcher means an eligible elector other than a candidate on the ballot
who has been selected by a political party chairperson on behalf of the political
party; by a party candidate at a primary election, by an unaffiliated candidate at a
general, congressional vacancy, or nonpartisan election; or by a person designated
by either the opponents or the proponents in the case of a ballot issue or ballot
question. Watcher also means an eligible elector selected by a candidate on the
ballot for the office of United States senator, representative in congress, any state
office or district office of state concern, or any county office who is subject to a
recount. If selected by a political party chairperson or a party candidate, the
watcher must be affiliated with that political party or unaffiliated as shown in the
statewide voter registration system. If selected by an unaffiliated candidate, the
watcher must be unaffiliated as shown in the statewide voter registration system.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 625, � 1, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (4), (11), (16), (21), (28), (39), (46), (49), and (51) amended and (2.3), (2.7), and (6.5)
added, p. 1394, � 2, effective July 1; (11) amended, p. 58, � 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (48) amended, p. 704, � 3, effective April 19; (2.3), (2.7), (8), (34), and (35) amended
and (2.5), (9.5), and (34.5) added, p. 1149, � 2, effective July 1; (3), (37), and (38)
amended and (9.6), (33.5), and (50.5) added, p. 1750, � 1, effective January 1, 1995;
(48) amended, p. 2541, � 6, effective January 1, 1995. L. 95: (23.3), (23.6), and (49.5)
added and (24), (33), (37), and (51) amended, pp. 819, 860, 863, ��1, 113, 125,
effective July 1. L. 96: (12), (44), and (49) amended and (1.5) and (45.5) added, p.
1732, � 2, effective July 1. L. 97: (33.5)(d) amended, p. 1239, � 33, effective July 1. L.
98: (22), (23), and (25) amended, p. 255, � 2, effective April 13. L. 99: (37) amended,
p. 756, � 1, effective May 20; (46.3) added, p. 1389, � 5, effective June 4; (1) amended
and (1.3), (1.7), and (46.5) added, p. 477, � 1, effective July 1; (1.2) amended and (1.3),
(22.5), and (23.6) added, p. 157, � 1, effective August 4; (1.1) amended and (1.3) and
(7.5) added, p. 278, � 1, effective August 4. L. 2000: (48) amended, p. 1870, � 100,
effective August 2. L. 2003: (32) amended, p. 495, � 1, effective March 5; (1.3) and
(23) amended, p. 1308, � 1, effective April 22; (19.5) added, p. 1276, � 1, effective
April 22; (19.5) added, p. 1437, � 1, effective April 29; (19.5)(a)(II), (19.5)(a)(V), and
(19.5)(a)(VI) amended and (19.5)(a)(VII) added, p. 2064, � 1, effective May 22. L.
2004: (19.5)(a)(I) and (19.5)(a)(V) amended, p. 426, � 1, effective April 13; (19.5)(a)(V)
amended and (19.5)(a)(VIII), (19.5)(a)(IX), and (19.5)(a)(X) added, p. 1051, � 1, effective
May 21; (49.8) added, p. 1104, � 1, effective May 27; (2.1), (13.5), (14.5), (15.5), (23.4),
(34.2), (49.7), (50.7), (50.8), and (50.9) added and (14) and (27) amended, p. 1342, � 2,
effective May 28; (50) amended, p. 1343, � 3, effective January 1, 2006; (15)(b)
added by revision, pp. 1361, 1213, �� 30, 31, 108. L. 2005: (22.7), (50.2), (50.4), and
(50.6) added and (50.5) amended, p. 1392, � 1, effective June 6; (22.7), (50.2), (50.4),
and (50.6) added and (50.5) amended, p. 1427, � 1, effective June 6. L. 2006: (33.5)(b) amended, p. 1997, � 28, effective July 1. L. 2007: (11) amended, p. 1775, � 1,
effective June 1; (19.5)(a)(XI) added and (50.6)(a)(III) amended, p. 1967, �� 1, 2,
effective August 3; (31.5) added, p. 1988, � 1, effective August 3. L. 2008: (34.4)
added, p. 1249, � 1, effective August 5. L. 2009: (13.5) amended and (16.5) and (23.5)
added, (HB 09-1335), ch. 260, p. 1189, � 1, effective May 15; (18.5) and (19.5)(c)
added, (HB 09-1336), ch. 261, p. 1197, �� 1, 2, effective August 5. L. 2011: (32)
amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1062, � 1, effective May 27. L. 2012: (19.5)(a)(XII)
added, (SB 12-062), ch. 97, p. 326, � 1, effective April 12; (1.1), (19.5)(a)(X), and
(19.5)(a)(XI) amended and (19.5)(a)(XIII) added, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 676, � 1,
effective May 17. L. 2013: (19.5)(d) added, (HB 13-1038), ch. 28, p. 67, � 1, effective
March 15; (2), (27), (28), (36), (47), (50.4), and (50.5) amended, (2.8), (9.8), (27.5), and
(50.3) added, and (49.8) repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 682, � 3, effective May
10; (18.5) amended, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1800, � 15, effective March 1, 2014. L.
2014: (11) amended and (28) repealed, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, pp. 71, 77, �� 33, 51,
effective February 18; (29.5) added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 555, � 1, effective May 9. L. 2016: IP(2.8) amended, (HB 16-1093), ch.126, p. 358, � 1, effective April 21; (2.8)(c),
(16.5), (19.5)(a)(I), and (51) amended, (46.7) added, and (36) repealed, (SB 16-142), ch.
173, p. 565, � 1, effective May 18; (2.8)(c) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 753, � 1,
effective June 6. L. 2017: (18.5) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1262, � 28,
effective May 25. L. 2018: (2.8)(a) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1617, � 41,
effective May 29; (42) amended, (HB18-1039), ch. 29, p. 330, � 1, effective July 1,
2022. L. 2019: (49.3) added, (HB 19-1266), ch. 283, p. 2643, � 2, effective July 1; (9.7)
added and (9.8) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3005, � 2, effective August 2. L.
2020: (48) amended, (HB 20-1196), ch. 195, p. 926, � 16, effective June 30. L. 2021: (32) and (51) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1630, � 1, effective June 21; (19.7)
added and (23.4) amended, (HB 21-1071), ch. 367, p. 2415, � 1, effective July 1, 2022. L. 2022: (11) amended and (21.5) and (49.9) added, (SB 22-153), ch. 322, p. 2277, � 3,
effective June 2; (48) amended, (SB 22-212), ch. 421, p. 2963, � 1, effective August
10. L. 2023: (19.5)(a)(XII) and (19.5)(a)(XIII) amended and (19.5)(a)(XIV) added, (SB
23-276), ch. 399, p. 2371, � 1, effective June 6. L. 2025: (7.3) added, (HB 25-1319),
ch. 272, p. 1404, � 1, effective May 28; (19.5)(a)(XIII) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178,
p. 744, � 1, effective August 6; (22.6) added, (HB 25-1315), ch. 180, p. 769, � 1,
effective August 6; (51) amended, (HB 25-1155), ch. 35, p. 177, � 1, effective August
6.