An unconstitutional law involving agriculture that has been part of Colorado's state statutes for almost four years is now a relic of the past.

On Thursday, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 25-128 , which repeals a portion of a 2021 law that allowed anyone, including union organizers, to enter the private property of farmers and ranchers without permission.

Backers said Senate Bill 21-087 would allow farmworkers to unionize and to engage in collective bargaining, although to date, only one union has been formed as a result of the law. Critics pointed to a U.S. Supreme Court decision signed days before Colorado's law that nullified the right of union activists or other undefined "key service providers" to trespass on a farmer or rancher's property legally.

The U.S. Supre

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