Colorado constitution

Section I - All political power is vested in and derived from the...

Section 2 - The people of this state have the sole and exclusive...

Section 3 - All persons have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among...

Section 4 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship,...

Section 5 - All elections shall be free and open; and no power,...

Section 6 - Courts of justice shall be open to every person, and...

Section 7 - The people shall be secure in their persons, papers, homes...

Section 8 - Until otherwise provided by law, no person shall, for a...

Section 9 - Treason against the state can consist only in levying war...

Section 10 - No law shall be passed impairing the freedom of speech;...

Section 11 - No ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation...

Section 12 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal...

Section 13 - The right of no person to keep and bear arms...

Section 14 - Private property shall not be taken for private use unless...

Section 15 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged, for public...

Section 16 - In criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to...

Section 16a - Any person who is a victim of a criminal act,...

Section 17 - No person shall be imprisoned for the purpose of securing...

Section 18 - No person shall be compelled to testify against himself in...

Section 19 - (3) This section shall take effect January 1, 1995, and...

Section 20 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 21 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall never...

Section 22 - The military shall always be in strict subordination to the...

Section 23 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate in...

Section 24 - The people have the right peaceably to assemble for the...

Section 25 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property,...

Section 26 - There shall never be in this state either slavery or...

Section 27 - Aliens, who are or may hereafter become bona fide residents...

Section 28 - The enumeration in this constitution of certain rights shall not...

Section 29 - Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied...

Section 30 - (3) The general assembly may provide by law for procedures...

Section 30a - This section is self executing; however, the General Assembly may...

[declared to violate the united states constitution by the united states supreme court in 1996. Not in force.] - Neither the State of Colorado, through any of its branches...

[in 2015, the u.S. Supreme court ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the due process and equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment of the u.S. Constitution.] - Only a union of one man and one woman shall...

Section 1 - (2) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service...

Section 2 - The supreme executive power of the state shall be vested...

Section 3 - The officers named in section one of this article shall...

Section 4 - No person shall be eligible to the office of governor...

Section 5 - The governor shall be commander in chief of the military...

Section 6 - (3) The senate in deliberating upon executive nominations may sit...

Section 7 - The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and...

Section 8 - The governor may require information in writing from the officers...

Section 9 - The governor may, on extraordinary occasions convene the general assembly,...

Section 10 - The governor, in case of a disagreement between the two...

Section 11 - Every bill passed by the general assembly shall, before it...

Section 12 - The governor shall have power to disapprove of any item...

Section 13 - (7) In the event that the offices of both the...

Section 16 - An account shall be kept by the officers of the...

Section 18 - There shall be a seal of the state, which shall...

Section 19 - The officers named in section one of this article shall...

Section 23 - The governor shall nominate and, by and with the consent...

Section 1 - (10) This section of the constitution shall be in all...

Section 2 - (3) Any vacancy occurring in either house by death, resignation,...

Section 3 - (2) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service...

Section 4 - No person shall be a representative or senator who shall...

Section 5 - The senate shall be divided so that one half of...

Section 6 - Each member of the general assembly shall receive such salary...

Section 7 - Section 7. General assembly shall meet when term...

Section 8 - No senator or representative shall, while serving as such, be...

Section 10 - At the beginning of the first regular session after a...

Section 11 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum, but...

Section 12 - Each house shall have power to determine the rules of...

Section 13 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and...

Section 14 - The sessions of each house, and of the committees of...

Section 15 - Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn...

Section 16 - The members of the general assembly shall, in all cases...

Section 17 - No law shall be passed except by bill, and no...

Section 18 - The style of the laws of this state shall be:...

Section 19 - An act of the general assembly shall take effect on...

Section 20 - No bill shall be considered or become a law unless...

Section 21 - No bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing...

Section 22 - Every bill shall be read by title when introduced, and...

Section 22a - (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section,...

Section 22b - Any action taken in violation of section 20 or 22a...

Section 23 - No amendment to any bill by one house shall be...

Section 24 - No law shall be revived, or amended, or the provisions...

Section 25 - The general assembly shall not pass local or special laws...

Section 25a - (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section to...

Section 26 - The presiding officer of each house shall sign all bills...

Section 27 - The general assembly shall prescribe by law or by joint...

Section 28 - No bill shall be passed giving any extra compensation to...

Section 29 - All stationery, printing, paper, and fuel used in the legislative...

Section 31 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house...

Section 32 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for...

Section 33 - No moneys in the state treasury shall be disbursed therefrom...

Section 34 - No appropriation shall be made for charitable, industrial, educational or...

Section 35 - The general assembly shall not delegate to any special commission,...

Section 36 - The general assembly shall, from time to time, enact laws...

Section 38 - No obligation or liability of any person, association, or corporation,...

Section 39 - Every order, resolution or vote to which the concurrence of...

Section 40 - If any person elected to either house of the general...

Section 43 - A member who has a personal or private interest in...

Section 44 - If any date prescribed in sections 44.1 through 44.5 of...

Section 44.1 - (12) For purposes of this section, the state's two largest...

Section 44.2 - (iii) Persons who contract for or receive compensation for advocating...

Section 44.3 - (b) it has been drawn for the purpose of or...

Section 44.4 - (6) If for any reason the commission does not adopt...

Section 44.5 - (5) The supreme court shall approve a plan for the...

Section 44.6 - If any provision of sections 44.1 through 44.5 of this...

Section 45 - The general assembly shall consist of not more than thirty...

Section 46 - (4) Adjustment of dates. If any date prescribed in sections...

Section 47 - (12) For purposes of this section, the state's two largest...

Section 48 - (III) Persons who contract for or receive compensation for advocating...

Section 48.1 - (b) it has been drawn for the purpose of or...

Section 48.2 - (6) If, for any reason, the commission does not adopt...

Section 48.3 - (5) The supreme court shall approve plans for the redrawing...

Section 48.4 - If any provision of sections 46 through 48.3 of this...

Section 49 - (3) Not more than three members of the staff of...

Section 50 - No public funds shall be used by the State of...

Section 1 - The judicial power of the state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - (2) Appellate review by the supreme court of every final...

Section 3 - The supreme court shall have power to issue writs of...

Section 4 - At least two terms of the supreme court shall be...

Section 5 - (4) The chief justice shall appoint from the district judges...

Section 7 - The full term of office of justices of the supreme...

Section 8 - No person shall be eligible to the office of justice...

Section 9 - (3) In the city and county of Denver, exclusive original...

Section 10 - (5) Pursuant to the creation of the Twenty-Third Judicial District,...

Section 11 - No person shall be eligible to the office of district...

Section 12 - The time of holding courts within the judicial districts shall...

Section 13 - In each judicial district there shall be a district attorney...

Section 14 - The probate court of the city and county of Denver...

Section 15 - The juvenile court of the city and county of Denver...

Section 16 - In each county there shall be one or more judges...

Section 17 - County courts shall have such civil, criminal, and appellate jurisdiction...

Section 18 - Justices and judges of courts of record shall receive such...

Section 19 - All laws relating to state courts shall be general and...

Section 20 - (4)Vacancies occurring in the office of district attorney shall be...

Section 21 - The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing the...

Section 22 - In all prosecutions for violations of the laws of Colorado,...

Section 23 - (j) Repealed.

Adopted november 8, 1966 effective january 17, 1967. (see laws 1967, chapter 455.) - The provisions of sections 16, 20, 23, 24 and 25...

Section 1 - Only a citizen of the United States who has attained...

Section 1a - Any person who otherwise meets the requirements of law for...

Section 4 - For the purpose of voting and eligibility to office, no...

Section 5 - Voters shall in all cases, except treason, felony or breach...

Section 6 - No person except a qualified elector shall be elected or...

Section 7 - The general election shall be held on such day as...

Section 8 - When the governing body of any county, city, city and...

Section 9 - In trials of contested elections, and for offenses arising under...

Section 10 - No person while confined in any public prison shall be...

Section 11 - The general assembly shall pass laws to secure the purity...

Section 12 - The general assembly shall, by general law, designate the courts...

Section 1 - Educational, reformatory and penal institutions, and those for the benefit...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall have no power to change or...

Section 3 - (b) "Seat of government" means the location of the legislative,...

Section 5 - (2) The governing boards of the state institutions of higher...

Section 1 - (3) The qualifications, tenure, compensation, powers, and duties of said...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall, as soon as practicable, provide for...

Section 3 - The public school fund of the state shall, except as...

Section 4 - Each county treasurer shall collect all school funds belonging to...

Section 5 - The public school fund of the state shall consist of...

Section 6 - The provisions of section 8 of article XIV of this...

Section 7 - Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township,...

Section 8 - No religious test or qualification shall ever be required of...

Section 9 - (7) The board shall have the authority to undertake nonsimultaneous...

Section 10 - (7) The board shall have the authority to undertake nonsimultaneous...

Section 11 - The general assembly may require, by law, that every child...

Section 12 - There shall be nine regents of the university of Colorado...

Section 13 - The regents of the university shall elect a president of...

Section 15 - The general assembly shall, by law, provide for organization of...

Section 16 - Neither the general assembly nor the state board of education...

Section 17 - (5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. Monies appropriated from the state education...

Section 1 - The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall provide by law for an annual...

Section 3 - (IV) If the valuation for assessment of a county as...

Section 3.5 - (3) For any property tax year commencing on or after...

Section 4 - The property, real and personal, of the state, counties, cities,...

Section 5 - Property, real and personal, that is used solely and exclusively...

Section 6 - All laws exempting from taxation property other than that specified...

Section 7 - The general assembly shall not impose taxes for the purposes...

Section 8 - No county, city, town or other municipal corporation, the inhabitants...

Section 9 - The power to tax corporations and corporate property, real and...

Section 10 - All corporations in this state, or doing business therein, shall...

Section 11 - The rate of taxation on property, for state purposes, shall...

Section 12 - (3) The governor shall cause every such quarterly report to...

Section 13 - The making of profit, directly or indirectly, out of state,...

Section 14 - Private property shall not be taken or sold for the...

Section 15 - (2) The state board of equalization shall appoint, by a...

Section 16 - No appropriation shall be made, nor any expenditure authorized by...

Added november 3, 1936. (see laws 1937, p. 675.) - The general assembly may levy income taxes, either graduated or...

Section 18 - On and after July 1, 1935, the proceeds from the...

Adopted november 6, 1962. (see laws 1962, p. 312.) - The general assembly may by law define the income upon...

Section 20 - (9) State mandates. Except for public education through grade 12...

Section 21 - (9) This section is effective January 1, 2005.

Section 1 - Neither the state, nor any county, city, town, township or...

Section 2 - Neither the state, nor any county, city, town, township, or...

Section 2a - The general assembly may by law provide for a student...

Section 3 - The state shall not contract any debt by loan in...

Section 4 - In no case shall any debt above mentioned in this...

Section 5 - A debt for the purpose of erecting public buildings may...

Section 6 - (3) Debts contracted by a home rule city and county,...

Section 7 - No provision of this constitution shall be construed to prevent...

Section 1 - Every person holding any civil office under the state or...

Section 2 - No person shall hold any office or employment of trust...

Section 3 - No person who is now or hereafter may become a...

Section 4 - No person hereafter convicted of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery,...

Section 5 - The district court of each county shall, at each term...

Section 6 - Any civil officer or member of the general assembly who...

Section 7 - (2) The offense of corrupt solicitation of members of the...

Section 8 - Every civil officer, except members of the general assembly and...

Section 9 - Officers of the executive department and judges of the supreme...

Section 10 - If any person elected or appointed to any office shall...

Section 11 - Section 11. Elected public officers term salary ...

Section 13 - (11) Persons certified to classes and positions under the classified...

Section 14 - (5) Adequate appropriations shall be made to carry out the...

Section 15 - (7) This section shall be in full force and effect...

Section 1 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of...

Section 2 - The governor and other state and judicial officers, shall be...

Section 3 - All officers not liable to impeachment shall be subject to...

Section 1 - The several counties of the territory of Colorado as they...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall have no power to remove the...

Section 3 - Except as otherwise provided by statute, no part of the...

Section 4 - In all cases of the establishment of any new county,...

Section 5 - When any part of a county is stricken off and...

Section 6 - The term of office of the county commissioners in each...

Section 8 - There shall be elected in each county, at the same...

Section 9 - In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of...

Section 10 - No person shall be eligible to any county office unless...

Section 12 - The general assembly shall provide for the election or appointment...

Section 13 - The general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the...

Section 14 - The general assembly shall also make provision, by general law,...

Section 15 - Except for the schedule of increased compensation for county officers...

Section 16 - (5) The provisions of sections 6, 8, 9, 10, 12,...

Section 17 - (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of article XX of this constitution,...

Section 18 - (d) Nothing in this constitution shall be construed to prohibit...

Section 2 - No charter of incorporation shall be granted, extended, changed or...

Section 3 - The general assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke...

Section 4 - All railroads shall be public highways, and all railroad companies...

Section 5 - No railroad corporation, or the lessees or managers thereof, shall...

Section 6 - All individuals, associations and corporations shall have equal rights to...

Section 8 - The right of eminent domain shall never be abridged nor...

Section 9 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds, except for labor...

Section 10 - No foreign corporation shall do any business in this state...

Section 11 - No street railroad shall be constructed within any city, town,...

Section 12 - The general assembly shall pass no law for the benefit...

Section 13 - Any association or corporation, or the lessees or managers thereof,...

Section 14 - If any railroad, telegraph, express or other corporation organized under...

Section 15 - It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation...

Section 1 - There shall be established and maintained the office of commissioner...

Section 2 - The general assembly shall provide by law for the proper...

Section 3 - The general assembly may make such regulations from time to...

Section 4 - The general assembly may provide that the science of mining...

Section 5 - The water of every natural stream, not heretofore appropriated, within...

Section 6 - The right to divert the unappropriated waters of any natural...

Section 7 - All persons and corporations shall have the rightofway across public,...

Section 8 - The general assembly shall provide by law that the board...

Section 1 - The militia of the state shall consist of all ablebodied...

Section 2 - The organization, equipment and discipline of the militia shall conform...

Section 3 - The governor shall appoint all general, field and staff officers...

Section 4 - The general assembly shall provide for the safekeeping of the...

Section 5 - No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be...

Section 1 - The general assembly shall pass liberal homestead and exemption laws.

Section 2 - (7) Any provision of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding,...

Section 3 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly to...

Section 4 - The term felony, wherever it may occur in this constitution,...

Section 6 - The general assembly shall enact laws in order to prevent...

Section 8 - The general assembly shall provide for the publication of the...

Section 9 - (f) Gaming tax revenues attributable to the operation of this...

Section 9a - (3) The people of Colorado declare that the provisions of...

Section 10 - If any provision of any section of any article in...

Section 11 - (3) The provisions of this Section 11 shall apply to...

Section 12b - (b) The term "wildlife" shall be defined as provided in...

Section 14 - (11) Unless otherwise provided by this section, all provisions of...

Section 1 - The general assembly may at any time by a vote...

Section 2 - (3) No measure proposing an amendment or amendments to this...

Section 1 - This amendment shall be self-executing.'

Section 2 - The officers of the city and county of Denver shall...

Section 3 - Immediately upon the canvass of the vote showing the adoption...

Section 4 - (4) Any franchise relating to any street, alley, or public...

Section 5 - The city council, or board of trustees, or other body...

Section 6 - This article shall be in all respects self-executing.

Section 7 - Provided, however, that the indebtedness, both principal and interest, which...

Section 8 - Anything in the constitution of this state in conflict or...

Section 9 - (4) It is the purpose of this section to afford...

Section 10 - Enacted by the people November 3, 1998 -- Effective upon...

Section 11 - The officers of the city and county of Broomfield shall...

Section 12 - Upon the canvass of the vote showing the adoption of...

Section 13 - Sections 10 through 13 of this article shall be in...

Section 1 - A petition signed by registered electors entitled to vote for...

Section 2 - When such petition is sufficient, the officer with whom such...

Section 3 - Candidates for the office may be nominated by petition, as...

Section 4 - This article is self-executing, but legislation may be enacted to...

Article XXIII -

Section 1 - A fund to be known as the old age pension...

Section 2 - (f) Such other money as may be allocated to said...

Section 3 - Every citizen of the United States who has been a...

Section 4 - The state board of public welfare, or such other agency...

Section 5 - The excise tax on sales at retail, together with all...

Section 6 - (c) The state board of public welfare, or such other...

Section 7 - (c) Any moneys remaining in the old age pension fund,...

Section 8 - All moneys deposited in the old age pension fund shall...

Section 1 - No nuclear explosive device may be detonated or placed in...

Section 2 - Before the emplacement of any nuclear explosive device in the...

Section 3 - Before the detonation or emplacement for the purpose of detonation...

Section 4 - This article shall be in all respects self executing; but,...

Section 5 - If any provision of this article, or its application in...

Section 1 - (d) A program for grants to match local investments to...

Section 2 - A fund to be known as the Great Outdoors Colorado...

Section 3 - (c) Such other moneys as may be allocated to the...

Section 4 - All moneys deposited in the Trust Fund shall remain in...

Section 5 - (b) Provided, however, that the State Board of the Great...

Section 6 - (3) The Board shall be a political subdivision of the...

Section 7 - Nothing in this article shall affect in any way whatsoever...

Section 8 - The people intend that the allocation of lottery funds required...

Section 9 - No moneys received by any state agency pursuant to this...

Section 10 - Any acquisitions of real property made by a state agency...

Section 1 - The people of the state of Colorado hereby find and...

Section 2 - (15) "Unexpended campaign contributions" means the balance of funds on...

Section 3 - (13) Each limit on contributions described in subsections (1), (2),...

Section 4 - (7) Each spending limit described in subsection (1) of this...

Section 5 - (4) This section 5 applies only to independent expenditures made...

Section 7 - The disclosure requirements relevant to candidate committees, political committees, issue...

Section 8 - The secretary of state shall promulgate rules relating to filing...

Section 9 - (c) A subpoena issued by an administrative law judge requiring...

Section 10 - (3) Failure to comply with the provisions of this article...

Section 11 - Any provisions in the statutes of this state in conflict...

Section 12 - Sections 1-45-103, 1-45-105.3, 1-45-107, 1-45-111, and 1-45-113 are repealed.

Section 14 - If any provision of this article or the application thereof...

Section 1 - (2) The people of the state of Colorado also find...

Section 2 - (6) "Public officer" means any elected officer, including all statewide...

Section 3 - (6) The fifty-dollar ($50) limit set forth in subsection (2)...

Section 5 - (5) Any public officer, member of the general assembly, local...

Section 6 - Any public officer, member of the general assembly, local government...

Section 7 - Any county or municipality may adopt ordinances or charter provisions...

Section 8 - Any provisions in the statutes of this state in conflict...

Section 9 - Legislation may be enacted to facilitate the operation of this...

Section 1 - That all laws in force at the adoption of this...

Section 2 - That all recognizances, obligations and all other instruments entered into...

Section 3 - That all property, real and personal, and all moneys, credits,...

Section 4 - The general assembly shall pass all laws necessary to carry...

Section 5 - Whenever any two of the judges of the supreme court...

Section 6 - The terms of office of the several judges of the...

Section 7 - Until otherwise provided by law, the seals now in use...

Section 8 - Whenever this constitution shall go into effect, the books, records,...

Section 9 - The terms "Probate Court" or "Probate Judge," whenever occurring in...

Section 10 - All county and precinct officers, who may be in office...

Section 11 - All county offices that may become vacant during the year...

Section 12 - The provisions of this constitution shall be in force from...

Section 13 - In case of a contest of election between candidates, at...

Section 14 - The votes at the first general election under this constitution...

Section 15 - Senators and members of the house of representatives shall be...

Section 16 - The votes cast for representatives in congress at the first...

Section 17 - The provision of the constitution that no bill, except the...

Section 18 - A copy of the abstracts of the votes cast at...

Section 19 - The general assembly shall, at their first session, immediately after...

Section 20 - The general assembly shall provide that after the year eighteen...

Section 21 - The general assembly shall have power at their first session...

Section 22 - Recognizances, bonds, payable to people continue. All recognizances, bail bonds,...