Polis vetoes three progressive bills

https://www.cpr.org/2026/06/03/polis-vetoes-progressive-bills/

On Tuesday Governor Jared Polis vetoed several bills backed by progressive Democrats, the latest round of vetoes during his final year as governor. The axed proposals addressed surveillance pricing, arbitration reform and plastic waste from restaurant takeout.

One of the vetoed bills, HB26-1210, would have prevented corporations from using surveillance data, or personal information scraped from users’ online activity, to set individual prices and wages for their customers and workers. The bill was unveiled with fanfare last January as part of Democrats’ signature affordability platform.

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Polis vetoed another bill intended to reform arbitration, a dispute resolution process that many consumers may unwittingly commit to when they sign terms of service agreements for common products.

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A third vetoed bill would have banned restaurants from automatically handing out plastic utensils and condiment packets unless customers ask for them, in order to reduce unnecessary waste.