Signatures submitted for Colorado initiative proposing a constitutional right to hunt and fish
In Colorado, the International Order of T. Roosevelt submitted signatures to the secretary of state on July 8, 2026, to qualify an initiative for the ballot to create a constitutional amendment protecting the right to hunt and fish.
The initiated constitutional amendment — Initiative 302 — would establish the right of the people to hunt, fish, and otherwise take fish and wildlife, including by traditional methods. It would also specify that the policy of the state of Colorado is that “hunting and fishing are the preferred means of responsibly managing fish and wildlife populations.”
Initiative 302 would exclude endangered species, nongame species, and species that are illegal to hunt under federal law from the right to hunt and fish. It states that the constitutional right to hunt and fish would not authorize trespassing on private property, or limit the ability of the state to regulate hunting and fishing.
In Colorado, the number of required signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot equals 5% of the total number of votes cast for Colorado's secretary of state in the last general election. For 2026, that amounts to 124,238 valid signatures. Additionally, Colorado has a distribution requirement. For initiated constitutional amendments, campaigns must gather signatures from at least 2% of the registered voters who live in each of the state’s 35 Senate districts.
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