On April 1st, a group of arrogant Democrat lawmakers introduced House Joint Resolution HJR25-1023 to file a lawsuit against the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).
Carol Hedges – Proponent of Initiative #3, which failed to even gather enough voter signatures to get on the ballot to repeal TABOR.
David Skaggs – lead attorney in the failed Kerr v. Hickenlooper lawsuit to dismantle TABOR.
Mike Feeley – Shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, also a lead attorney in the Kerr v. Hickenlooper case against TABOR.
All three testified in favor of spending YOUR tax dollars to erase the very law that protects YOUR right to vote on tax increases.
On April 8th, the Colorado HJR25-1023 resolution to sue taxpayers narrowly passed the House Finance Committee (7-6).
Now Colorado House Joint Resolution HJR25-1023 heads to the House floor. If approved there, it moves to the Senate and could be forced through before the legislative session ends May 7th.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just a lawsuit—it’s a taxpayer-funded attack on your constitutional rights.
The bill directs the Office of Legislative Legal Services to hire outside attorneys to sue over TABOR. Taxpayers would pay for both sides of the lawsuit. One side wants to eliminate your right to vote on tax increases. The other side—the “defendant”—is nominally the Governor, but in reality, it’s you, the Colorado voter.
Even more outrageous? There is no fiscal note included with the resolution. Under House Rule 32A(c), just ten legislators can formally request one before second reading. They must. This shady maneuver deserves full transparency.
In testimony, two camps emerged:
- Taxpayers and citizens demanding to keep tax limits, refunds, and consent.
- Paid lobbyists begging for more public money.
Sponsors argue that TABOR limits their ability to govern. But voters created TABOR by choice. Just like we created Sunshine Laws, Term Limits, and Campaign Finance rules. If they can kill TABOR, they can go after everything voters have ever approved at the ballot box.
Need proof that voters stand with TABOR?
- Prop HH (2023): Rejected 59.31%
- Prop CC (2019): Rejected 53.66% (with a misleading ballot question, “without increasing taxes…”)
- Amendment 66 (2013): Rejected 64.46%
- Initiative 3 (2020): Never made ballot—voters wouldn’t even sign the petition
These politicians know they can’t win honestly, so they’re trying to cheat—using your money to silence your vote.
This isn’t the first time. In Jefferson County, taxpayers were swindled by a misleading 2024 ballot measure to repeal TABOR limits—using over $300,000 of public money to hire a political firm owned by none other than Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen’s husband. The same political elite behind this very lawsuit.
We’ve seen this movie before. A decade-long lawsuit Kerr vs Hickenlooper against TABOR (filed by JeffCo’s Andy Kerr) cost over $500,000 in taxpayer money. Now he and other elitist politicians are at it again. These people won’t stop until they’ve destroyed every safeguard voters have built.
Coloradans have spoken. We said NO. Again and again. And it’s time legislators listen.
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