Amendment 82 (Constitutional)

Amendment 82 is a change to the Colorado constitution creating a permanent “right” to buy and sell natural (or methane) gas without defining reasonable limits or addressing what happens as markets,technology, and regulatory structures change. Its broad language may generate lawsuits over local building codes, climate policies, and utility decisions that deserve flexibility. Colorado should retain the flexibility to make practical energy decisions as costs, technology, and consumer preferences evolve. It was put on the ballot by Advance Colorado, a conservative dark money group that doesn't disclose their donors, and is behind more than 20 ballot initiatives this year alone, including cutting taxes for the wealthy, deregulating polluting industries, and expanding prosecutions and ICE power.