Editing Colorado (section)

====Significant initiatives and legislation enacted in Colorado====
Colorado was the first state in the union to enact, by voter referendum, [[1893 Colorado women's suffrage referendum|a law extending]] [[suffrage]] to women. That initiative was approved by the state's voters on November 7, 1893.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 19, 1893|title=Notice of General Election|volume=4|agency=Silverton Standard|issue=41|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=TSS18930819.2.61&srpos=1&dliv=none&e=19-08-1893-19-08-1893--en-20-TSS-1--txt-txIN-election-------0-|access-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref>

On the November 8, 1932, ballot, Colorado approved the [[Repeal of Prohibition|repeal of alcohol prohibition]] more than a year before the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution]] was ratified.

Colorado has banned, via C.R.S. section 12-6-302, the sale of motor vehicles on Sunday since at least 1953.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colorado Revised Statutes 2017 |url=https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2017-title-12.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2017-title-12.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Colorado General Assembly |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 1972, Colorado voters rejected a [[1972 Denver Winter Olympics referendum|referendum proposal]] to fund the [[1976 Winter Olympics]], which had been scheduled to be held in the state. Denver had been chosen by the [[International Olympic Committee]] as the host city on May 12, 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml |title=Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics |date=October 12, 1999 |last=Sanko |first=John |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |access-date=November 28, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601181029/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml |archive-date=June 1, 2009 }}</ref>

In 1992, by a margin of 53 to 47 percent, Colorado voters approved an amendment to the state constitution (Amendment 2) that would have prevented any city, town, or county in the state from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to recognize homosexuals or bisexuals as a [[protected class]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1986&context=bclr | title =Colorado's Amendment 2 and Homosexuals' Right to Equal Protection of the Law |last1= Zamansky |first1= Stephen |journal= [[Boston College Law Review]] |volume= 35 |issue= 1 |pages= 221–258 |date= December 1993}}</ref> In 1996, in a 6–3 ruling in ''[[Romer v. Evans]]'', the U.S. Supreme Court found that preventing protected status based upon homosexuality or [[bisexuality]] did not satisfy the [[Equal Protection Clause]].<ref name="romervevans">{{ussc|name=Romer v. Evans|volume=517|page=620|pin=|year=1996 }}.</ref>

In 2006, voters passed [[2006 Colorado Amendment 43|Amendment 43]], which banned [[same-sex marriage in Colorado]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=Kevin |title=Colorado Amendment 43: Gay marriage banned; domestic partnerships also defeated |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/11/08/colorado-amendment-43-gay-marriage-banned-domestic-partnerships-also-defeated/ |access-date=November 28, 2020 |agency=The Denver Post|location=[[Denver]]|date=November 8, 2006 }}</ref> That initiative was nullified by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s 2015 decision in ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]''. In 2024, Colorado residents voted to establish an explicit right to [[abortion in Colorado]]'s state constitution<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimes |first=Thelma |date=September 13, 2024 |title=Amendment 79 seeks to enshrine abortion rights in Colorado's Constitution |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/colorado-amendment-79-abortion-rights/article_e7931948-7062-11ef-8703-3bf964d68882.html |access-date=September 21, 2024 |work=Colorado Politics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jennifer |date=2024-11-06 |title=Amendment 79 passes: Colorado will protect abortion in state constitution, allow public spending on procedure |url=https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/05/colorado-amendment-79-results/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> and to repeal Amendment 43's defunct marriage ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado voters repeal state Constitution's 2006 same-sex marriage ban |url=https://kiowacountypress.net/content/colorado-voters-repeal-state-constitutions-2006-same-sex-marriage-ban |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Kiowa County Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woodruff |first=Chase |date=2024-11-06 |title=Colorado voters repeal state Constitution's 2006 same-sex marriage ban • Colorado Newsline |url=https://coloradonewsline.com/2024/11/05/colorado-voters-repeal-state-constitutions-2006-same-sex-marriage-ban/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Colorado Newsline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, voters amended the state constitution protecting the "personal use" of marijuana for adults, establishing a framework to regulate [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] like [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]]. The first recreational marijuana shops in Colorado, and by extension the United States, opened their doors on January 1, 2014.<ref name="Healy" />

On 30 October 2019, Colorado became the first state to accept digital ID via its myColorado app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://appitventures.com/success-stories/mycolorado |title=How we built the State of Colorado, myColorado™ app. |publisher=appitventures.com |access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref> The state-issued digital identifications will be considered valid when Real ID enforcement begins in 2025, in line with the [[Real ID Act|Real ID Act of 2005]]. By November 2022 The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology announced that the myColorado app had over 1 million users.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oit.colorado.gov/press-release/states-mycolorado-app-celebrates-1-million-users |title=State's myColorado App Celebrates 1 Million Users |publisher=colorado.gov |access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref>

On December 19, 2023, the [[Colorado Supreme Court]] ruled that [[Donald Trump]] was disqualified from the [[2024 United States presidential election]] in part due to his alleged incitement of the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Astor |first1=Maggie |title=Trump Is Disqualified From 2024 Ballot, Colorado Court Says in Explosive Ruling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HU0.XfYS.AN8fM_SETK68&hpgrp=k-abar&smid=tw-share |work=New York Times |date=19 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> On March 4, 2024, the [[United States Supreme Court]] [[Trump v. Anderson|overruled]] the Colorado decision.<ref>{{ussc|601|100|2024|docket=23-719}}</ref>