Nothing on Colorado's November ballot touches HOAs — but one measure is worth watching
Nothing on Colorado's November ballot touches HOAs — but one measure is worth watching
2026-09-10 · Colorado · Legislation
Colorado's November 2026 ballot contains nothing on homeowners associations, common interest communities, condominiums, metropolitan districts, property tax or housing. The Secretary of State certified fourteen statewide measures on September 4, 2026, thirteen of them citizen-initiated. For a column that tracks this, the absence is the news.1
The certified list
Amendment 81 — Law Enforcement Reporting Requirements to Federal Authorities
Amendment 82 — Right to Natural Gas
Amendment 83 — Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish
Amendment 84 — Mail Ballot Voter Identification
Amendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Questions
Amendment 86 — Congressional Redistricting
Amendment 87 — Graduated Income Tax
Proposition NN — State Public K-12 Education Funding (referred by SB26-135)
Proposition 132 — Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes
Proposition 133 — Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor
Proposition 134 — Male and Female Participation in School Sports
Proposition 135 — Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors
Proposition 136 — Income Tax Rate Cap
Proposition 137 — Designate Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation
The one with an association angle
Amendment 82, “Right to Natural Gas,” would create a constitutional right for consumers “to purchase natural gas for cooking or heating in homes or businesses.”
Whether that would reach an association's or a condominium's private rules on gas appliances is unresolved and unlitigated. The measure is written against government bans, and its text does not mention associations or covenants. We flag it as a question worth watching and assert nothing about its effect on a declaration.
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Related Colorado HOA Topics
- Certified statewide ballot measures, November 2026 General Election, Colorado Secretary of State ↩
- Ballot certification press release, September 4, 2026, Colorado Secretary of State ↩
- Initiatives Filed database, Colorado General Assembly (searched for HOA, association, condominium, metropolitan district and covenant across all cycles) ↩
- Committees — the 2026 interim committee roster, Colorado General Assembly ↩
- 2025 HOA Information & Resource Center Annual Report, Colorado Division of Real Estate — the "Possible Statutory Gaps" section ↩
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