Colorado Proposition 135 — Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors
Ballot measure · November 3, 2026
- What it does
- Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes modifying existing law by prohibiting surgery on a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting any health-care professional or other person from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing any surgery to a minor for the purpose of altering the minor’s biological sex characteristics and prohibiting the use of state or federal funds, Medicaid reimbursement, or insurance coverage to pay for this type of surgery?
- A YES vote means
- A yes vote prohibits surgery on minors for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics and bars public funds or insurance from paying for it.
- A NO vote means
- A no vote keeps current law, which does not prohibit these surgeries for minors.
- Needed to pass
- A simple majority
- Put on the ballot by
- citizen initiative
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