Michelle Austin is a Colorado resident and a designated proponent of three 2026 state ballot measures: Propositions 133, 134, and 135. She is co-sponsoring the initiatives alongside Erin Lee, with backing from the organization Protect Kids Colorado. Additionally, Austin serves as the registered agent for Protect Our Children, an issue committee specifically formed to support Proposition 133.
Proposition 133 would expand the legal definition of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude and mandate a sentence of life in prison without parole for the offense. Proposition 134 would require K-12 and collegiate sports teams to be designated as male, female, or coed based on biological sex, effectively barring transgender women and girls from participating on female teams. Proposition 135 would prohibit health care professionals from performing gender-affirming surgeries on minors.
Austin is a genuinely low-profile figure in Colorado politics. Beyond her role in advancing these three 2026 ballot measures and a recorded donation to a 2020 initiative regarding citizenship requirements for voting, there is little public record of her holding elected office or leading prior political campaigns.
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