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“In December 2024, Rocky Mountain Employer examined the Colorado labor movement’s push to eliminate the Colorado Labor Peace Act’s (“LPA”) requirement that employees approve union security agreements through a second election subject to a heightened approval threshold. That effort culminated in the General Assembly’s passage of Senate Bill 25-005 (“SB25-005”) in 2025, which Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed. As discussed in a previous Rocky Mountain Employer article analyzing the veto, the Governor’s decision preserved Colorado’s status as a modified right-to-work state, while signaling that renewed legislative efforts were likely. Those efforts have now resumed. At the outset of the 2026 legislative session, Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced House Bill 26-1005, which is substantially similar to the 2025 version, once again placing the LPA’s second-election requirement at the center of Colorado’s labor policy debate.”