Gov. Jared Polis set a new PR this year — in annual vetoes.
The governor, who finished his bill-signing tour Wednesday, rejected 11 measures passed by the legislature. That’s up from his previous record of 10 in 2023.
A look at the bills Polis vetoed by the numbers:
All but 3 were bipartisan.
One passed unanimously. That was House Bill 1088 , which would have limited how much ambulance services can charge for transporting patients.
The bills with the most “no” votes that Polis vetoed were House Bill 1026 , which would have eliminated health care copayments for Colorado prison inmates, and Senate Bill 5 , which abolished a requirement in the Colorado Labor Peace Act that 75% of workers at a company sign off before unions can negotiate with businesses over union security. The