Ballot measure · Colorado · November 3, 2026

Proposition 137

Title as the state lists it: Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation1,2

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 direct the existing state sales tax collected on sporting goods sales and rentals to conservation, wildfire mitigation, watershed and outdoor recreation programs and exempt that money from the state's TABOR revenue limit, with smaller amounts in years when needed to keep two tax credits for low- and moderate-income households funded.2 pp. 64-65

A no vote

A no vote would keep sporting goods sales tax revenue in the state's general budget and under the TABOR limit, where the legislature decides each year how to spend it or it is refunded to taxpayers when revenue exceeds the limit.2 p. 64

More about it

The Blue Book says that if both Proposition 137 and Proposition NN pass, Proposition 137 would reduce the amount the state actually keeps and spends under Proposition NN.2 p. 68

§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. 64