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Colorado Proposition 133

Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor. 2026 results by county, from Colorado's official results file: Yes 62.1%, No 37.9% statewide.

Statewide

Ballot title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes modifying existing law concerning human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, and, in connection therewith, creating new law expanding human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to include knowingly trading anything of monetary value to buy or sell sexual activity with a minor and increasing the penalty to be life in prison without parole or release?

A yes vote
A “yes” vote on Proposition 133 increases the penalties for child sex trafficking to life in prison without parole, and expands child sex trafficking to include buying sexual activity with a minor.
A no vote
A “no” vote on Proposition 133 keeps the existing felony criminal penalties for child sex trafficking with a sentencing range of 8 to 48 years in prison plus a mandatory parole period.
Yes 62.1% No 37.9%

1,641,770 yes and 1,000,693 no.

The state's ballot guide, page 52 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

64 counties: Yes has the most votes in 61, No has the most votes in 3. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Adams County64.8%35.2%193,278
Alamosa County71.4%28.6%6,010
Arapahoe County60.5%39.5%263,929
Archuleta County73.0%27.0%7,323
Baca County86.1%13.9%1,552
Bent County83.4%16.6%1,628
Boulder County44.4%55.6%169,758
Broomfield County55.9%44.1%39,706
Chaffee County59.0%41.0%12,749
Cheyenne County90.4%9.6%867
Clear Creek County62.2%37.8%5,007
Conejos County79.3%20.7%3,342
Costilla County74.7%25.3%1,721
Crowley County83.6%16.4%1,307
Custer County78.1%21.9%3,158
Delta County76.1%23.9%16,012
Denver County43.2%56.8%302,145
Dolores County82.3%17.7%1,213
Douglas County71.1%28.9%202,485
Eagle County61.4%38.6%23,061
El Paso County71.0%29.0%312,294
Elbert County83.2%16.8%17,201
Fremont County79.5%20.5%19,890
Garfield County65.6%34.4%25,314
Gilpin County62.5%37.5%3,370
Grand County67.6%32.4%8,705
Gunnison County56.9%43.1%9,214
Hinsdale County74.0%26.0%480
Huerfano County73.6%26.4%3,677
Jackson County83.0%17.0%629
Jefferson County57.3%42.7%304,449
Kiowa County92.7%7.3%687
Kit Carson County89.6%10.4%2,884
La Plata County56.3%43.7%29,535
Lake County60.1%39.9%3,330
Larimer County58.2%41.8%191,498
Las Animas County77.0%23.0%6,411
Lincoln County85.3%14.7%1,935
Logan County85.2%14.8%7,705
Mesa County73.7%26.3%74,977
Mineral County71.2%28.8%638
Moffat County85.0%15.0%5,224
Montezuma County71.9%28.1%12,381
Montrose County76.0%24.0%21,036
Morgan County80.4%19.6%10,172
Otero County82.4%17.6%7,027
Ouray County55.4%44.6%3,483
Park County73.4%26.6%9,648
Phillips County86.4%13.6%1,897
Pitkin County53.5%46.5%8,961
Prowers County82.7%17.3%3,960
Pueblo County76.2%23.8%67,452
Rio Blanco County86.1%13.9%2,908
Rio Grande County77.2%22.8%4,803
Routt County57.3%42.7%13,526
Saguache County63.2%36.8%2,690
San Juan County59.9%40.1%564
San Miguel County49.9%50.1%4,007
Sedgwick County84.4%15.6%1,050
Summit County55.4%44.6%14,339
Teller County78.6%21.4%13,641
Washington County87.0%13.0%2,247
Weld County73.7%26.3%146,652
Yuma County85.1%14.9%3,721

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Colorado's official results, file posted Nov 13, 4:49 PM. Unofficial until certified. Colorado's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.