Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Proposition 133

Title as the state lists it: Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor1,2

Research draftCitizen initiativeState law
How it got there
Citizen initiative
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority 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 make human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude a class 1 felony with a sentence of life in prison without parole, and would expand the crime to include knowingly trading anything of value to buy or sell sexual activity with a minor.2 pp. 52-53

A no vote

A no vote would keep human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude a class 2 felony with a sentence of 8 to 48 years in prison plus five years of required parole, and keep the current definition of the crime.2 pp. 52-53

§2How it got on the ballot

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

State law. It would change state law, not the 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

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

A majority of the votes on it. Needs more yes votes than no votes.1,2,3 Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(4)(a); Blue Book p. 52