Exempt Auctioneers Charitable Solicitation Requirements

Fewer charity fundraising rules for auctioneers

The law exempts auctioneers serving charities from Colorado’s paid-solicitor rules, whether they work under contract, receive pay, or volunteer. They qualify only when they do not directly receive or handle contributions or charitable funds for the charity. Qualifying auctioneers avoid registration fees and the required $15,000 bond or alternative financial security. They also avoid campaign notices, two-business-day deposit requirements, and annual or campaign-end financial reports required of paid solicitors. Charities keep their own duties, and other paid solicitors remain subject to existing rules. The exemption starts at 12:01 a.m. the day after the 90-day period following final adjournment of the 2025–2026 session. That means August 12, 2026, with a May 13, 2026, adjournment. A referendum petition filed within that period delays the challenged provisions until voters approve them at the November 2026 election. After voter approval, those provisions take effect on the date of the governor’s official vote declaration.