Overview
- The Associated Press projected Proposition LL a winner at 8:06 p.m. and Proposition MM at 8:25 p.m., confirming both measures passed.
- Proposition LL lets the state keep roughly $11.3 million already collected for the program, plus about $1.1 million in interest, rather than issuing TABOR refunds to high‑income taxpayers.
- Proposition MM limits deductions for households earning over $300,000, expected to raise about $95 million annually and affect roughly 200,000 households who would pay about $480 more on average, with any surplus directed to SNAP.
- Passage ensures universal free breakfasts and lunches continue statewide and funds long‑promised raises or stipends for cafeteria workers and grants to buy Colorado‑grown ingredients.
- Lawmakers sought the measures after participation and inflation drove costs beyond 2022 projections, with state data showing millions of additional meals served in 2023–24.