Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Amendment 83

Title as the state lists it: Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish^1,2

Research draftCitizen initiativeConstitutional amendment

How it got there: Citizen initiative
Kind of measure: Constitutional amendment
To pass: 55% of the votes on it
Researched: October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would add to the state constitution a right to hunt and fish for most state-managed species by traditional methods, name hunting and fishing as the preferred way to manage wildlife populations, and keep the state's power to regulate for conservation, public safety or future hunting and fishing.² Where in the source: pp. 21-22

A no vote

A no vote would leave hunting and fishing under existing state and federal laws and state wildlife commission rules, with no right to hunt or fish written into the constitution.² Where in the source: pp. 21-22

§2How it got on the ballot

Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.^1,2

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.^1,2

It is on Colorado's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.^1,2 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Colorado's measures.

§3What it needs to pass