Colorado

Some U.S. states have candidate filing deadlines for congressional elections that can make late redistricting impractical because the procedural steps to craft new maps cannot be completed within the shortened timeline.

The Bureau of Land Management's headquarters location has changed across recent presidential administrations, having been moved to Colorado under one administration and later returned to Washington, D.C., under a subsequent administration.

Weak funeral home industry regulations have been associated with abuse cases such as providing fake ashes to families, fraud, and the illegal sale of body parts; these regulatory weaknesses have been documented in at least some U.S. states, including Colorado.

Under Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), surplus tax revenue must be refunded to taxpayers unless voters authorize the state to retain and spend the excess.

As of 2025, Colorado is one of nine U.S. states that provide free meals to all public school students regardless of family income.

Remnants of tropical storms moving inland can produce heavy rainfall across the southwestern United States, including California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

A preliminary audit by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Washington state, Colorado, and Oregon improperly spent a combined $1,351,204,127 in federal Medicaid funds on healthcare for undocumented (illegal) immigrants, mostly during 2024 and 2025.

A December 2024 report by the Colorado Department of Education found that the Healthy School Meals for All program was originally projected to cost about $115 million in its first year but actually cost about $162 million due to higher-than-expected participation.

An analysis by Trust for America's Health of CDC's 2024 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data found that 19 states had adult obesity prevalence of 35% or higher, 22 states had prevalence between 30% and 35%, and nine states had prevalence below 30%; state adult obesity prevalence ranged from about 25% in Colorado to over 40% in West Virginia.

In 2024, 43% of Colorado's total electricity generation was produced by wind, solar, or other renewable sources.

Colorado's 'Healthy School Meals for All' program provides free breakfast and lunch to all Colorado public school students and was approved by voters in 2022.

Colorado state law defines 'conversion therapy' as any practice or treatment, including talk therapy, that attempts to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.

The Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors provides penalties including fines of up to $5,000 per violation and potential professional discipline such as suspension or revocation of a licensed mental health professional's license.

Colorado enacted a 2019 law that prohibits licensed therapists from providing treatment that seeks to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity and includes an exemption for religious ministries.

Violations of Colorado's 2019 conversion therapy statute can result in fines up to $5,000 and suspension or revocation of a therapist's professional license.

Colorado's Minor Conversion Therapy Law, enacted in 2019, prohibits mental health professionals from providing any practice or treatment, including talk therapy, that attempts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity (including efforts to change behaviors, gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction toward individuals of the same sex); violators can face fines up to $5,000 and suspension or loss of their license.

The state of Colorado has a law that bans conversion therapy.

U.S. states can allocate public funds to support Planned Parenthood affiliates; Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, and California have allocated such funds, and other states including Oregon and New York have considered similar measures.