Jared Polis

Polis is the son of Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis Schutz, founders of greeting card and book publisher Blue Mountain Arts.{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/news/young-blood-5080618 |title=Young Blood |author=Michael Roberts |date=August 19, 2004 |work=Westword}} He was born at Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado, in 1975. He lived in San Diego, California, as a high school student and graduated from La Jolla Country Day School in three years with multiple honors. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in politics in 1996, writing a 157-page senior thesis, "Paradigm Shift: Politics in the Information Age", under the supervision of Carol M. Swain.{{Cite thesis |last=Schutz |first=Jared Polis |editor-last=Swain |editor-first=Carol |publisher=Princeton University. Department of Politics |title=Paradigm Shift: Politics in the Information Age |url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp0144558g02q |language=en}} While at Princeton, Polis served as communications director of the undergraduate student government and was involved in other campus organizations, such as Model Congress, Phi Gamma Delta, and the Princeton Juggling Club.{{Cite web|title=Jared Polis '96 reflects on goals, openly gay identity|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/11/polis-96-colorado-gov-profile|website=The Princetonian|access-date=May 28, 2020}} As a college sophomore, Polis purchased stamps from a Legends of the West series at the Princeton post office. The USPS had recently recalled the series due to a printing error in the image of Bill Pickett, making his stamps far more valuable. Polis sold the stamps to a collector for a sum "exceeding $1,000".{{Cite web|title=Jared Polis Schutz Acquires, Sells Valuable Stamps|url=https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=Princetonian19940208-01&getpdf=true/|access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2000, he legally changed his surname to his mother's to raise awareness for a fundraiser and because he simply "liked it better".{{Cite web |url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/polis_jared_S.pdf|title=Bio|access-date=November 10, 2018}}

Polis co-founded American Information Systems (AIS), Inc., while still in college. AIS was an internet access provider and was sold in 1998. In 1996, he co-founded a free electronic greeting card website, bluemountain.com, which was sold to Excite@Home in 1999 for $430 million in stock and $350 million in cash.{{cite news| publisher=Associated Press|author=Susan Glairon|title=After 35 Years, Card Company Still on Top |date=January 20, 2006}}{{cite news|author=Larry Dignan|date=October 25, 1999|title=Excite@Home buys Bluemountainarts.com for $780m|publisher=zdnet.co.uk|url=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2074653,00.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=February 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211040211/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2074653,00.htm|archive-date=December 11, 2006}} In February 1998, Polis founded ProFlowers, an online florist, in La Jolla, California. In December of that year, economist Arthur Laffer began advising Polis and joined ProFlowers as a director.{{cite web|title=NASDAQ: Prospectus Provide Commerce, Inc.|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=2488391#D424B4_HTM_TOC82693_13|access-date=July 23, 2014}} ProFlowers, later renamed Provide Commerce, Inc., went public on NASDAQ as PRVD on December 17, 2003. In 2005, media conglomerate Liberty Media Corporation acquired Provide Commerce for $477 million.{{Cite web|last=Perez|first=Juan Carlos|date=December 6, 2005|title=Liberty Media buys e-commerce provider|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2560626/liberty-media-buys-e-commerce-provider.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Computerworld}} Polis and other investors founded TechStars in Boulder, Colorado, in 2006.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Brian |title=Congressman Jared Polis: Before TechStars Were Stars |url=https://www.startupgrind.com/blog/congressman-jared-polis-before-techstars-were-stars/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Startup Grind |language=en}} During his tenure in Congress, Polis was among its wealthiest members; his net worth was estimated at more than $300 million.{{cite web|title=Jared Polis (D-Colo), 2015 |work=OpenSecrets |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/net-worth?cid=N00029127&year=2015| publisher=OpenSecrets}}

Polis has been called one of the "Gang of Four"—four wealthy Coloradans who made a concerted effort to support Democrats in statewide legislative races. The other members are Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, and Tim Gill.{{cite news|author1=Stuart Steers|title=The Gang of Four|url=http://www.5280.com/magazine/2005/05/gang-four?page=full|work=5280 The Denver Magazine|date=May 2005|access-date=October 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013001558/http://www.5280.com/magazine/2005/05/gang-four?page=full|archive-date=October 13, 2015|url-status=dead}} The Gang of Four's influence has been cited as a factor in Colorado's shift toward the Democratic Party in the 2000s and 2010s.{{Cite news |last=Rodgers |first=Jakob |date=November 12, 2018 |title=Colorado turned blue, but will it last? |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorado-turned-blue-but-will-it-last/article_82d0c934-2fa6-5820-8f79-e724390ad74e.html |access-date=September 23, 2022 |work=The Colorado Statesman}}

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In 2000, Polis was elected at-large as a member of the Colorado State Board of Education and served a single six-year term until January 2007, when the district was eliminated.{{cite web |title=In the case that the number of congressional districts is even, one member is elected at-large |url=http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/OperatingProceduresAmended9%20610.pdf |access-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405201602/http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/OperatingProceduresAmended9%20610.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }} His election was one of the closest in Colorado history, as he defeated incumbent Ben Alexander by 90 votes out of 1.6 million cast.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF459CABD30DF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|title=Recount confirms Polis won seat on ed board; Republican Alexander won't contest second tally|work=The Denver Post|date=November 29, 2000|via=Newsbank|archive-date=December 2, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202155053/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF459CABD30DF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=dead}} During his term, Polis served as both chairman and vice chairman of the board.{{cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/246939/august-17-2009/even-better-er-know-a-district---colorado-s-2nd---jared-polis|work=Better Know a District|title=Even Better-er Know a District – Colorado's 2nd|publisher=The Colbert Report|first=Stephen |last=Colbert|author-link=Stephen Colbert|date=August 17, 2009 |access-date=August 18, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/20080626/coverstory.html|title=Polis on Politics|work=Boulder Weekly|date=June 26, 2008|access-date=August 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629070313/http://www.boulderweekly.com/20080626/coverstory.html|archive-date=June 29, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Fender|first=Jessica|title=Polis moves on to November |url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10181376|publisher=Denver Post|access-date=June 21, 2012|date=August 13, 2008}}

In 2006, Polis served as co-chair of Coloradans for Clean Government, a committee that supported Amendment 41, a citizen-initiated ballot measure to ban gifts by registered lobbyists to government officials, establish a $50 annual restriction on gift-giving from non-lobbyists, establish a two-year cooling-off period before former state legislators and statewide elected officials can begin lobbying, and create an independent ethics commission. In November 2006, 62.3% of Colorado voters approved the "Ethics in Government" constitutional amendment.{{cite news |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5301171,00.html |work=Rocky Mountain News |title=Gift law spurs major battle |date=January 24, 2007 |access-date=January 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201326/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5301171,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}

In 2007, Polis co-chaired the "Building for Our Future" campaign that supported ballot question 3A in the Boulder Valley School District to issue $296.8 million in bonds for the improvement and modernization of aging school facilities—the largest capital construction bond issue in the district's history and the largest school bond proposal in Colorado that year. In November 2006, 58% of Boulder Valley School District voters approved the measure.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/10/no-headline-10zbvsd/ |title=Bonds will pump new money into aging schools |work=Daily Camera |date=November 10, 2006 |access-date=November 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003111144/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/10/no-headline-10zbvsd/ |archive-date=October 3, 2008 }}

In 2014, Polis planned to champion two ballot measures to limit fracking in Colorado by banning drilling near schools and homes and empowering communities to pass their own rules. The measures were dropped after he reached a deal with Governor John Hickenlooper to create a task force. The absence of the initiatives was seen as a relief to vulnerable Democrats who would have had to take controversial stances on the issue.{{cite news|last1=Healy|first1=Jack|title=Deal Struck in Colorado Over Vote on Drilling|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/us/ballot-fight-on-drilling-is-avoided-in-colorado.html |website=The New York Times|access-date=August 5, 2014|date=August 4, 2014}}

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In 2008, Polis won a heavily contested Democratic primary election for Colorado's 2nd congressional district, and went on to win the general election on November 4 with 63% of the vote. He succeeded Mark Udall, who was elected to the United States Senate that year.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/us/politics/14colorado.html |title=Gay Candidate Wins a Colorado Primary |last=Frosch |first=Dan |date=August 13, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105071600/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/us/politics/14colorado.html |archive-date=January 5, 2018}} Polis was reelected to the House in 2010 with 57% of the vote,{{cite news|url=http://elections.cbslocal.com/cbs/kcnc/20101102/race3.shtml|title=Election Results - cbs4denver.com|access-date=November 3, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223701/http://elections.cbslocal.com/cbs/kcnc/20101102/race3.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010}} in 2012 with 56% of the vote,{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_elections,_2012|title=Colorado's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012|website=Ballotpedia}} in 2014 with 57% of the vote,{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_elections,_2014|title=Colorado's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014|website=Ballotpedia}} and in 2016 with 57% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2016|title=Colorado's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016|website=Ballotpedia}}

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Polis was the Red to Blue program chair for the DCCC during the 2012 elections, helping recruit and raise money for Democratic candidates in competitive congressional districts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dccc.org/pages/leadership|title=DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND CAUCUS LEADERSHIP |publisher=dccc.org |access-date=October 19, 2012}} After the elections, he considered running for vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus after then-Chair Xavier Becerra was term-limited.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/07/polis-has-leadership-spot-in-sights-079195 |title=Jared Polis has leadership spot in sights |last1=Palmer |first1=Anna |last2=Sherman |first2=Jake |date=July 31, 2012 |work=Politico |access-date=October 19, 2012}} The position went to Representative Joe Crowley.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/barbara-lee-drops-leadership-bid-084322 |title=Barbara Lee drops leadership bid, clears way for Joe Crowley |last=Min Kim |first=Seung |date=November 28, 2012 |work=Politico |access-date=November 28, 2012 }}

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The following is an incomplete list of legislation Polis introduced:

• The Affordable College Textbook Act had been introduced in the 113th and 114th Congresses. Reintroduced by Polis in the 115th Congress, it again died in committee.

In the 114th Congress, Polis served on the following committees:{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/106220/jared-polis|title= Jared Polis' Biography |publisher= votesmart.org |access-date=September 11, 2015 }}

• Committee on Education and the Workforce
• Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
• Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• Committee on Natural Resources
• Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
• Subcommittee on Federal Lands
• Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Committee on Rules
• Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process

• Congressional Cannabis Caucus{{cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/16/jared-polis-cannabis-caucus-congress/|title=U.S. Rep. Jared Polis joins with congressional colleagues to create Cannabis Caucus|last=Matthews|first=Mark K.|work=The Denver Post|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2017}}
• Congressional Progressive Caucus{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=January 30, 2018}}
• LGBT Equality Caucus (co-chair)
• Congressional Blockchain Caucus (co-chair)
• Mexico Caucus (co-chair)
• Nepal Caucus (co-chair)
• Veterinary Medicine Caucus{{cite web |title=Members of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus |url=https://schrader.house.gov/committees/veterinary-medicine-caucus.htm |publisher=Veterinary Medicine Caucus |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090924/https://schrader.house.gov/committees/veterinary-medicine-caucus.htm |url-status=dead }}
• New Democrat Coalition{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208100356/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Congressional Arts Caucus{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|access-date=June 14, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142643/http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|url-status=dead}}
• NO PAC Caucus{{cite news|last=Meyer |first=Theodoric |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2017/07/12/khanna-starts-pac-free-caucus-221295 |title=Khanna starts PAC-free caucus |work=Politico |date=July 12, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2018}}
• Liberty Caucus{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Nic |title=Is Jared Polis a "Boulder liberal?" Republicans make the case, but his record is more complicated. |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/02/jared-polis-liberal/ |access-date=June 17, 2020 |work=The Denver Post |date=September 2, 2018}}
• U.S.-Japan Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus|access-date=December 14, 2018}}
• Problem Solvers Caucus{{Cite web|title=Featured Members|url=https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov/members|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=Problem Solvers Caucus|language=en|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318093950/https://problemsolverscaucus-gottheimer.house.gov/members|url-status=dead}}

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In 2018, Polis announced his candidacy for governor of Colorado.{{cite news|author=|title=In Governors' Elections This Year, Republicans Have A Lot To Lose |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/02/660269022/in-governors-elections-this-year-republicans-have-a-lot-to-lose|work=National Public Radio|date=November 2, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2018}} He was elected governor with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Walker Stapleton and becoming the first openly gay person elected governor of any state;{{cite news|title=Colorado Governor's Race: Jared Polis Tops Walker Stapleton|url=https://www.cpr.org/2018/11/07/colorado-governors-race-jared-polis-defeats-walker-stapleton-and-makes-history/ |publisher=Colorado Public Radio|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107054126/http://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-governor-jared-polis-walker-stapleton-results|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://coloradosun.com/2019/03/11/full-day-kindergarten-colorado-budget/|title=Worried about slowing economy, Democrats look to delay Polis pledge for full-day kindergarten|last=Eason|first=Brian|date=March 11, 2019|work=The Colorado Sun|access-date=November 17, 2019}} the first openly gay person to serve as a state governor was Jim McGreevey, the 52nd Governor of New Jersey, who disclosed his sexual orientation during his gubernatorial tenure.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/12/mcgreevey.transcript/|title=McGreevey: 'I am a gay American'|type=transcript|publisher=CNN|date=August 13, 2004|access-date=March 10, 2008}}

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Polis won reelection to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Heidi Ganahl, a member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents.{{Cite web|url=https://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/PublicSite/SearchPages/CandidateDetail.aspx?SeqID=50103|title = Tracer – Candidate Detail}}{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jared_Polis|title = Jared Polis}}

Polis was elected governor on November 6, 2018. Boldly Forward, a 501(c)4 nonprofit, was formed as the transition team, working with Keystone Center as facilitator. Polis was sworn in on January 8, 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://coloradosun.com/2018/11/09/polis-transition-team/|title=Jared Polis announces transition team stocked with big-name Democrats|last=Frank|first=John|work=The Colorado Sun|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 11, 2018}} An effort to recall him and other Democratic elected officials failed to submit any signatures; Polis said of the effort, "Recalls should not be used for partisan gamesmanship".{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/09/06/colorado-gov-jared-polis-recall/|title=Attempt to force recall election of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis falls short|last=Garcia|first=Nic|work=The Denver Post|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2019}}

Polis has been described as a libertarian. He has spoken in favor of abortion rights, school choice, replacing Colorado's property tax with a land value tax,{{cite web | url=https://tsscolorado.com/polis-lobbies-property-tax-commission-to-consider-land-value-tax/ | title=Polis lobbies property-tax commission to consider land value tax | date=January 9, 2024 }} and eliminating Colorado's income tax. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, he was skeptical of enforcing the state's mask mandates for long periods of time, saying he personally wore masks but did not want "to force it on people". In 2022, the libertarian magazine Reason suggested he was "the most libertarian governor in America".{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Jared Polis: The Most Libertarian Governor in America? |url=https://reason.com/podcast/2022/04/25/jared-polis-the-most-libertarian-governor-in-america/|magazine = Reason}}{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2022/06/12/jared-polis-wants-to-leave-you-alone/ |title=Jared Polis Wants To Leave You Alone|date=July 1, 2022|magazine = Reason}}{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2022/11/10/jared-polis-success-shows-that-democrats-can-win-without-embracing-big-government/ |title=Jared Polis' Success Shows That Democrats Can Win Without Embracing Big Government|date=November 10, 2022}} He was the first member of Congress to accept Bitcoin donations.{{cite web |url=https://time.com/93765/jared-polis-bitcoin/ |title=Colorado Congressman Seizes on New Bitcoin Rules|date=May 9, 2014}}

In September 2015, Polis voiced support for altering university disciplinary processes surrounding campus rape to allow for cases to be judged against a reasonable likelihood standard, saying that: "If there are 10 people who have been accused, and under a reasonable likelihood standard maybe one or two did it, it seems better to get rid of all 10 people ... we're not talking about depriving them of life or liberty, we're talking about them being transferred to another university, for crying out loud."{{Cite news| title = Better that five innocent students get expelled than one guilty student stay enrolled - The Washington Post| newspaper = The Washington Post| access-date = September 29, 2017| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/09/11/better-that-five-innocent-students-get-expelled-than-one-guilty-student-stay-enrolled/}} After being criticized{{Cite web| title = Polis sparks controversy with remarks about campus rape cases| access-date = September 29, 2017| url = http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-weather/ci_28792478/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190130183944/http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-weather/ci_28792478| archive-date = January 30, 2019| url-status = dead}} for these remarks, Polis apologized, saying that: "I went too far by implying that I support expelling innocent students from college campuses, which is something neither I nor other advocates of justice for survivors of sexual assault support".{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/16/jared-polis-i-went-too-far-with-campus-rape-remark/ |title=Democratic Rep. Jared Polis: 'I went too far' with Campus Rape Remarks |last=Chasmar |first=Jessica |date=September 16, 2015 |website=The Washington Times |access-date=April 4, 2021}}

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In the House, Polis was an advocate for civil liberties, saying while campaigning in 2008 that "balance must be restored between the executive and the judicial branch (through restoring habeas corpus, and clarifying that the president does not have the Constitutional authority to alter legislation through signing statements) and between the executive and the legislative branch (clarifying that the Fourth Amendment requires probable cause and a warrant for the government to monitor Americans)".{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/house/Jared_Polis_Homeland_Security.htm|title=Jared Polis on Homeland Security |publisher=ontheissues.org |access-date=September 30, 2012}}

Polis supports the legalization of cannabis, saying in 2011, "Just as the policy of prohibition failed nationally with alcohol—it's now up to states and counties—I think we should do the same with marijuana."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rep-jared-polis-federal-government-shouldnt-be-banning-marijuana |title=Rep. Jared Polis: Federal government shouldn't be banning marijuana|author=Brian Montopoli|author2=CBS News |publisher=cbsnews.com|date=April 6, 2011|author2-link=CBS News}} Legislation he has introduced includes the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act in 2013,{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=Legalization Hits the Hill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307213934/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}} the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act in 2015,{{cite news |title=US Congress: Legislation Introduced To Get the Feds Out Of The Marijuana Enforcement Business |url=https://norml.org/news/2015/02/26/us-congress-legislation-introduced-to-get-the-feds-out-of-the-marijuana-enforcement-business |access-date=December 23, 2019 |work=NORML |date=February 26, 2015}} and the McClintock–Polis amendment in 2015 (to prevent federal interference in states that have legalized medical or recreational use; it failed 206–222).{{cite news |last1=Baca |first1=Ricardo |title=House passes bill to prevent DOJ from interfering in states' medical pot laws |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |access-date=December 26, 2019 |work=The Cannabist |date=June 3, 2015}} He was also an original cosponsor of the Marijuana Justice Act that was first introduced in the House in 2018.{{cite press release |date=January 17, 2018 |title=House Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, Focused on Racial Justice, As Companion to Cory Booker's Senate Bill |url=http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Drug Policy Alliance |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224021949/http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |url-status=dead }} In February 2017, Polis launched the Congressional Cannabis Caucus along with Representatives Don Young, Earl Blumenauer, and Dana Rohrabacher. In 2021, he pardoned 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession.{{Cite web|date=December 31, 2021|title=Colorado governor pardons 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/30/colorado-marijuana-possesssion-pardons-polis/|access-date=January 1, 2022|work=The Denver Post}}

Polis supports an open and free internet, and has been critical of SOPA, PIPA and CISPA, saying in an interview with Forbes, "I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem."{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/18/an-interview-with-rep-jared-polis-why-we-need-to-stop-sopa/ |title= An Interview With Rep. Jared Polis: Why We Need To Stop SOPA|work= forbes.com |access-date= September 30, 2012|first=Erik|last=Kain |date=January 18, 2012}} While debating SOPA on the House floor Polis said that SOPA and PIPA "directly threaten the very internet that has brought humanity great prosperity and greater peace" and "Allowing the military and NSA to spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle this country was founded on."{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYFcrnl6v8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/PJYFcrnl6v8 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Protecting an Open Internet by Fighting SOPA |date=January 18, 2012 |publisher=youtube.com |access-date=September 30, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57422693-281/how-cispa-would-affect-you-faq/|title=How CISPA would affect you (faq) |publisher=news.cnet.com |access-date=September 30, 2012}} Polis and 167 other House members voted against CISPA.{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll192.xml |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 192 |publisher=clerk.house.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012 }}

Polis and Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Darrell Issa sponsored Aaron's Law{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/139354-lawmakers-slam-doj-prosecution-of-swartz-as-ridiculous-absurd/ |title=Lawmakers slam DOJ prosecution of Swartz as 'ridiculous, absurd' |publisher=thehill.com|date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013}} in the wake of the suicide of computer programmer and internet activist Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of Reddit, who was facing computer and wire fraud charges, more than 30 years in prison and fines of over $1 million for violating the terms of service for illegally downloading academic journal articles from the digital library JSTOR.{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/aarons-law-violating-a-sites-terms-of-service-should-not-land-you-in-jail/267247/ |title=Aaron's Law: Violating a Site's Terms of Service Should Not Land You in Jail |publisher=theatlantic.com |date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013}} The proposed bill would exclude terms of service violations from the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and from the wire fraud statute.{{cite web |url=http://www.lofgren.house.gov/images/stories/pdf/draft%20lofgren%20bill%20to%20exclude%20terms%20of%20service%20violations%20from%20cfaa%20%20wre%20fraud%20011513.pdf |title=113th Congress 1st Session H.R. l |publisher=lofgren.house.gov |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325160759/http://lofgren.house.gov/images/stories/pdf/draft%20lofgren%20bill%20to%20exclude%20terms%20of%20service%20violations%20from%20cfaa%20%20wre%20fraud%20011513.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://business.time.com/2013/01/16/aaron-swartzs-suicide-triggers-response-from-us-lawmakers/ | title=Aaron Swartz's Suicide Triggers Response from Top U.S. Lawmakers | publisher=Time |date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013}} Polis said that the charges brought by US Attorney Carmen Ortiz were "ridiculous and trumped-up" and that "It's absurd that he was made a scapegoat. I would hope that this doesn't happen to anyone else."{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-aaron-swartz-congressional-scrutiny-20130118,0,640020.story |title=Aaron Swartz suicide has U.S. lawmakers scrutinizing prosecutors |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2013|first=Matt|last=Pearce}}

Polis voted against the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, and opposes Section 1021, which drew controversy about implications to detention policy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/112-2011/h375|title=H.R. 1540: National Defense Authorization Act for ... (On Passage of the Bill) |publisher=govtrack.us |access-date=September 30, 2012}} After the law was signed, Polis and other House members introduced legislation to repeal the indefinite detention provision. Though legislation has failed to pass the House, Section 1021 is now pending in the courts.{{Cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/bill/15185/39904/106220/repeals-indefinite-military-detention-provisions|title=H Amdt 1127 – Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions – Key Vote |publisher=votesmart.org |access-date= September 30, 2012}}

Polis has been a vocal opponent of the PATRIOT ACT. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, he wrote that the Act "is a bill that has been plagued with abuse since it was first passed, and today's rule is yet another example of short-circuiting the system that our Founding Fathers set up. If there were ever the need for the close supervision and congressional oversight of a law, it is a law that discusses how and under what conditions a government can spy on its own citizens."{{Cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2011-02-10/pdf/CREC-2011-02-10-pt1-PgH621.pdf|title=February 10, 2011 Congressional Record House |publisher=www.gpo.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012}} In February 2011, Polis voted against H.R. 514, extending expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, authorizing court-approved roving wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones, allowing court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations, and permitting surveillance against a so-called lone wolf, a non-US citizen engaged in terrorism who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group.{{Cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll036.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 36 |publisher=clerk.house.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012}}{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.514: |title=Bill Text Versions 112th Congress (2011-2012) H.R.514 |publisher=Thomas.loc.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120033336/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.514: |url-status=dead }}

In May 2014, Polis became the first U.S. representative to accept campaign donations via Bitcoin.[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/federal-regulators-approve-bitcoin-political-campaign-donations-n100761 Federal Regulators Approve Bitcoin for Political Campaign Donations] - NBC News, November 26, 2014 In February 2022, Polis announced that Colorado would become the first state to allow its residents to pay state taxes with Bitcoin.{{Cite web |last=Constantino |first=Tor |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Bitcoin Will Be Accepted for State Tax Payments in June Says Colorado Gov. Polis |url=https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/cryptocurrency/articles/bitcoin-will-be-accepted-for-state-tax-payments-in-june-says-colorado-gov-polis/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=The Ascent}}

In 2011, Polis and Senator Joe Lieberman introduced the 2011 Race to the Top Act (H.R. 1532). The legislation authorized old provisions and some new ones, including new standards to encourage and reward states based on their implementation of comprehensive educational reforms that innovate through 4-year competitive grants that allow more funding to expand charter schools and compensate teachers in part based on their students' performance.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=236958 |title=Polis, Lieberman introduce Race to the Top Education Reform Bill |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222121727/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=236958 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/magazine/reforming-the-school-reformers.html |title=No, Seriously: No Excuses |publisher=newyorktimes.com |access-date= September 9, 2012 |first=Paul |last=Tough |date=July 7, 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-658 |title=Reform Effors are on the way and information sharing could be improved |publisher=gao.gov |access-date=September 9, 2012}}

Polis has sponsored other education bills and legislation regarding students, including:

• The SLICE (School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education) Act, in response to Congress redefining pizza as a vegetable.{{Cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h5789/text, |title=H.R. 5789 – School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education Act |publisher=opencongress.org |access-date=September 9, 2012}} The SLICE Act would require healthier meals for students, which would, for example, allow the USDA to accurately count 1/8 of a cup of tomato paste as 1/8 of a cup, instead of half of a cup, which is what qualifies pizza as a vegetable; allow the USDA to implement science-based sodium reduction targets; and allow the USDA to set a whole grain requirement.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fact_sheet_-_slice_act.pdf |title=The SLICE (School Lunch Improvements for Children's Education) Act: Restoring Better Nutrition in School Meals |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921093605/https://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fact_sheet_-_slice_act.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} The SLICE Act is opposed by The American Frozen Food Institute, which claims that it "all but removes foods made with tomato paste from school cafeterias, in spite of the significant nutritional value offered by tomato paste."{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-23-la-na-nn-pizza-veggie-20120523-story.html|title=Pizza as a vegetable? No, says congressman introducing SLICE Act|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 23, 2012 }} Polis has said, "Pizza has a place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health." He added that agribusiness should never dictate the quality of school meals.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=295328 |title=Polis to Congress: Pizza is not a vegetable |publisher=polis.house.gov |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074151/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=295328 |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
• The Defending Special Education Students and Families Act, which fully funds the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention for special education.{{Cite web|url= http://idea.ed.gov/|title= Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004|publisher= ed.gov |access-date= September 10, 2012}} In the original bill, IDEA promised to pay 40% of the excess cost of educating students with disabilities, but that funding provision hasn't been fulfilled and only covers 16% of special-education funding and has never funded more than 30%.{{Cite web |url=http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/individuals-disabilities-education-act-funding-distribution |title=IDEA –Funding Distribution |publisher= newamerica.net |access-date= September 10, 2012}} Polis's bill suggests cutting excess and wasteful Pentagon spending by cutting $18.8 billion in weapons systems over five years.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=256182 |title=Polis Special Education Bill Fulfills 40 year old Promise |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222130837/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=256182 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Polis has also introduced the Computer Science Education Act, which helps provide job training for computing jobs, and the ACE Act, which would provide funding to improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools, and to authorize school "turnaround grants."{{Cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1614 |title=S. 1614: Computer Science Education Act of 2011 |publisher= govtrack.us |access-date= September 10, 2012}}{{Cite web |url= http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=270939 |title= ACE Act to Reforming Low-Performing Schools |publisher= polis.house.gov |access-date= September 10, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133622/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=270939 |archive-date= November 11, 2018 |url-status= dead }}

In 2014, Polis sponsored two ballot measures targeting hydraulic fracturing, Initiatives 88 and 89. He sought to move fracking from {{convert|500|ft|m}} from people's homes to {{convert|2000|ft|m}} to improve homeowners' quality of life in affected areas.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/2979590/friendly-fire-over-colorado-fracking-could-cost-democrats-the-u-s-senate/|title=Friendly Fire Over Colorado Fracking Could Cost Democrats the U.S. Senate|last=Newton-Small|first=Jay|date=July 14, 2014|magazine=TIME|access-date=November 7, 2018}} On August 4, 2014, Polis announced that he would withdraw his support for the two ballot measures.{{cite news|last1=Newton-Small|first1=Jay|title=Democrat Jared Polis Withdraws Support for Colorado Fracking Initiatives|url=https://time.com/3079815/fracking-jared-polis-colorado-udall/|access-date=August 5, 2014|publisher=Time|date=August 4, 2014}}

Polis has shown interest in the regulation of kombucha.{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/the-promises-of-kombucha/509786/ |title=Is Fermented Tea Making People Feel Enlightened Because of ... Alcohol |last=Hamblin |first=James |date=December 8, 2016 |website=The Atlantic |access-date=April 4, 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Congressional Letter |url=http://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ttb_polis_letter_9-14.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921121657/https://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ttb_polis_letter_9-14.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}{{cite web |title=The Kombucha Freedom Warrior |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/509909/the-fight-to-legalize-kombucha/ |date=December 6, 2016 |website=The Atlantic |access-date=April 4, 2021}} He co-sponsored a bill that would have legalized the interstate shipment of raw milk.{{cite web |last1=Evich |first1=Helena Bottemiller |last2=Parti |first2=Tarini |title=Food Freedom cause grows with help |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/food-freedom-movement-grows-with-help-from-left-105892 |website=POLITICO |date=April 22, 2014 |language=en}}

Polis supported removing all troops from Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/106220/jared-polis/|title= Representative Jared Polis's Political Positions |publisher=votesmart.org |access-date=September 18, 2012}} In 2010, he supported a failed resolution to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan within 30 days, saying, "I don't believe that this ongoing occupation is in our national interest" and "I supported the initial action to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan, and that succeeded. The challenge we face now is a stateless menace."{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_14647961 |title= Boulder Rep. Jared Polis: Withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan |date= March 10, 2010 |publisher=www.dailycamera.com |access-date=September 18, 2012}} Polis also took a congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan, meeting with former Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, U.S. military officials and diplomats. During his meeting with Atmar, Polis focused on the education gap between Afghanistan and Western nations, the low literacy rate for Afghan police and military officials and combating political corruption.{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-polis/just-got-back-from-afghan_b_186026.html |title=Just Back from Afghanistan |date=May 13, 2009 |publisher= www.huffingtonpost.com |access-date=September 18, 2012}}

Polis voted for the 2010 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act expanding economic sanctions against Iran under the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act, and co-sponsored the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009, authorizing state and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Colorado/Jared_Polis/Views/Iran/|title=Jared Polis - Iran|work=PoliGu.com - The Political Guide|date=April 3, 2021|access-date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103107/http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Colorado/Jared_Polis/Views/Iran/|url-status=usurped}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Legislation/house/111/H%20R%201327/ |title=H R 1327 in Congressional Session 111 |publisher=www.thepoliticalguide.com |access-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000316/http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Legislation/house/111/H |url-status=usurped }}

Polis opposed the Iraq War, saying, "The invasion of Iraq was a colossal mistake and I opposed the war from the very beginning. Bush's blunders, and the Democrats who gave him cover along the way, have left us without easy solutions for improving the situation."{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13100419 |title=Candidate Q&A: Jared Polis |date=August 14, 2009 |publisher=www.dailycamera.com |access-date=September 18, 2012}}

In May 2025, Polis vetoed a bill unanimously passed by the state legislature, which would have banned surprise billing by ambulance companies. Because Polis waited until after May 7 to veto the bill, the legislature cannot override the veto until 2026.{{Cite news |title=Dem Governor Vetoes Ban on Surprise Ambulance Bills in Shocking Move |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/195932/democratic-governor-colorado-polis-veto-ban-surprise-ambulance-bills |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}

Polis has called himself "pro-choice" on the issue of vaccines.{{Cite news |last=Burness |first=Alex |date=December 3, 2021 |title=Gov. Jared Polis: "Misinformation and targeted lies" hindering vaccine efforts, killing Coloradans |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/03/jared-polis-vaccines-misinformation-colorado/ |access-date=November 14, 2024 |work=The Denver Post}} In 2019, he opposed a major provision in House Bill 1312 that made it harder for parents to seek non-medical vaccine exemption for their children.{{Cite web |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Gov. Polis Takes Strongest Stance Yet On Vaccine Bill, Indicates He Would Not Sign It |url=https://www.cpr.org/2019/04/26/gov-polis-takes-strongest-stance-yet-on-vaccine-bill-indicates-he-would-not-sign-it/ |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=Colorado Public Radio}} He supported Donald Trump's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of Health and Human Services.{{Cite web |last1=Frank |first1=John |last2=Rubin |first2=April |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Colorado's Democratic governor cheers RFK Jr. pick for HHS |url=https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/11/14/jared-polis-democrat-governor-rfk-jr-hhs |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=Axios}} Polis was among the few Democrats who praised Kennedy, commending his work in "having helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado" before later posting in support of getting vaccinated.

In May 2025, Polis vetoed a law which would have banned the use of rent-fixing algorithms in Colorado, which critics argued were being used by landlords to collude with each other to charge the highest possible rent. Software company RealPage, a well-known provider of one such algorithm, applauded the veto, which it called an example of "courageous leadership".{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=Colorado's governor vetoes landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms |url=https://apnews.com/article/realpage-rental-algorithms-colorado-ban-veto-d1cddfa27f4e5dc46b34ad5f9c20d983 |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill that would have banned algorithm that White House said drove up Denver rents |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2025/05/30/rent-setting-algorithm-bill-veto-polis/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}

As a member of Congress, Polis and then-Representatives Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin called on the U.S. embassy in Iraq and then-United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to prioritize investigating the allegations of rape, torture and executions of LGBT Iraqis, saying, "Such disturbing violations of human rights should not be ignored and the United States should not stand idly by while billions of taxpayer dollars are used to support their government." Polis and 35 other House members also called on the State Department to address violence against Honduras's LGBT community.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=5032 |title=LGBT Equality & Civil Rights (Iraqi LGBT Rights) |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221214820/https://polis.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=5032 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

On May 29, 2019, Polis signed House Bill 1124, immediately prohibiting law enforcement officials in Colorado from holding undocumented immigrants solely on the basis of a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.{{Cite web|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1124|title=Protect Colorado Residents From Federal Government Overreach {{!}} Colorado General Assembly|website=leg.colorado.gov|date=2019}} Polis is one of several U.S. governors who have been relocating migrants via publicly sponsored buses to other U.S. cities, including New York City and Chicago. On January 7, 2023, he said he would no longer send migrants to Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/colorado-governor-jared-polis-lori-lightfoot-chicago-migrants/12674846/|title=Colorado will halt busing of migrants to Chicago after conversation with Lightfoot, governor says|date=January 8, 2023 }}

Polis said in his State of the State address in January 2025 that he hoped to work with Trump on securing the border but warned against "efforts to deport American citizens, to target those on pending legal status, to break up families", and he has since pressed the administration over the detention of an undocumented immigration and labor activist in the state.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-11 |title=How Democrats' potential presidential contenders are scoping out different paths to 2028 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-potential-presidential-contenders-are-scoping-different-path-rcna200696 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

At the time of his departure from Congress, Polis was one of seven openly gay members of the 113th Congress, and caucused in the LGBT Equality Caucus. He pushed for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and praised the Obama Administration's decision for the Justice Department to no longer defend DOMA, saying, "Section 3 of the law is unconstitutional."{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/02/president-obama-instructs-justice-department-to-stop-defending-defense-of-marriage-act-calls-clinton/|title=President Obama Instructs Justice Department to Stop Defending Defense of Marriage Act cal Clinton-Signed Law "Unconstitutional" |publisher=abcnews.go.com |access-date=September 30, 2012}} In a statement Polis said, "I applaud the Administration for finally recognizing what my colleagues and I have long criticized, to deny people the ability to officially acknowledge their relationship and feel welcomed as partners only for being LGBT is absurd and today's decision confirms this".{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=226466 |title=Polis cheers Justice Department's Decision on DOMA |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222104831/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=226466 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Polis also credited Obama for openly endorsing gay marriage, calling it "welcome news to American families."{{Cite web |url= http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/jared-polis-obama-support-for-gay-marriage-welcome |title= Jared Polis: Obama Support For Gay Marriage 'Welcome News' |publisher= livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com |access-date= September 30, 2012 |archive-date= April 14, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200414005427/https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jared-polis-obama-support-for-gay-marriage-welcome-news |url-status= dead }} Polis was an original cosponsor of H.R. 116, the Respect for Marriage Act. H.R. 116 repeals DOMA, allowing marriage recognition for gay and lesbian couples in the U.S., the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.{{Cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR01116:@@@P|title=Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011-2012) H.R. 116 Cosponsors|publisher=thomas.loc.gov|access-date=September 30, 2012|archive-date=July 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704200858/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR01116:@@@P|url-status=dead}}

Polis was also the leading sponsor of the Student Non-Discrimination Act with Senator Al Franken, who introduced the act in the Senate. SNDA would establish a comprehensive federal prohibition in all public and elementary and secondary schools of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, expanding Title IX of the Education Amendments Act to LGBT students.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights-religion-belief-reproductive-freedom/historic-support-student-non-discrimination|title=Historic Support for Non-Discrimination Act|publisher=aclu.org|access-date=September 10, 2012|archive-date=February 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206062122/http://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights-religion-belief-reproductive-freedom/historic-support-student-non-discrimination|url-status=dead}} In a statement, Polis said "education is the right of every student" regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. "The alarming increase in teen suicides has shown us just how far we are from making our children's schools safe spaces."{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/03/10/polis-reintroduces-student-non-discrimination-act/ |title=Polis reintroduces Student Non-Discrimination Act |date=March 10, 2011 |publisher=washingtonblade.com |access-date=September 10, 2012}} The SNDA has 167 co-sponsors in the House, with only two Republicans signing on.{{Cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h998/show |title=H.R.998 - Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 |publisher=opencongress.org |access-date=October 1, 2012}} SNDA is also supported by the ACLU and Change.org.{{Cite web |url=http://sdgln.com/causes/2010/03/12/california-high-school-student-joins-aclu-advocate-hr-4530 |title=California high school student joins ACLU to advocate for H.R. 4530 |first=Morgan M |last=Hurley |date=March 13, 2010 |publisher=sdgln.com |access-date=September 10, 2012}} Polis voted for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which prohibited openly gay and lesbian members of the military from serving.{{Cite news |url=http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638 |title=House Vote 638 – Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118070035/http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/638 |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In a letter to Obama, Polis and 67 other House members urged the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The letter cited a California district judge's ruling that DADT was unconstitutional and that the 14,000 service members who had been discharged from the military since its passage had been discharged unjustly.{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/9-23_dadt_appeal_letter.pdf |title=Congress of the United States Washington, D.C. September 23, 2010 |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921170041/https://polis.house.gov/uploadedfiles/9-23_dadt_appeal_letter.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Polis also supported and cosponsored the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, giving adequate funding and ability to federal authorities to investigate hate crimes, and advocated for protections for LGBT victims of domestic violence to be included in the Violence Against Women Act.{{Cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/show |title=H.R. 1913 – Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 |publisher= opencongress.org |access-date=September 30, 2012}}{{Cite web |url=http://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=294542 |title=Violence Against Women Act Should Include LGBT Protections |publisher=polis.house.gov |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222100255/https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=294542 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

In September 2014, Polis filed a discharge petition to bring the LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the House floor for a vote. Representatives Garamenedi, Holt, and Connolly joined Polis in support in filing the petition. The revised legislation included narrow religious exemptions.{{cite web |url=http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/09/polis-files-discharge-petition-on-enda-with-narrowed-religious-exemption/ |title=Polis files discharge petition on ENDA with narrowed religious exemption |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=September 17, 2014}} Polis urged Obama to reconsider the inclusion of Malaysia and Brunei in a Trans-Pacific Partnership because of their poor record on LGBT rights.{{cite news |title=LGBT Members Of Congress Object To Free-Trade Deal With Countries Criminalizing LGBT People |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/lgbt-members-of-congress-object-to-free-trade-deal-with-coun |work=BuzzFeed |date=February 18, 2015}} In June 2019, Polis signed a bill banning conversion therapy for minors.{{Cite web |title=Colorado's Jared Polis, nation's 1st gay governor, signs bill banning conversion therapy for minors |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorados-jared-polis-nations-1st-gay-governor-signs/story?id=63416794 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=ABC News |date=June 1, 2019 |language=en-US}} In February 2022, he denounced anti-trans legislation being passed in Republican-controlled states, calling it "un-American".{{cite news |title=Openly Gay Governor Criticizes Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation as 'Un-American': 'Words Matter' |url=https://people.com/politics/jared-polis-calls-anti-lgbt-legislation-un-american-words-matter-laws-matter/ |work=People |date=February 21, 2022}} In April 2022, Polis said he opposed the repeal of the Reedy Creek Improvement Act and said he would welcome Disney if it left Florida for Colorado.{{cite web|last=Berguson|first=Samantha|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/04/florida-votes-to-repeal-walt-disney-world-special-district-1234718606/|title=Florida Lawmakers Vote to Repeal Walt Disney World District After New Opposition to 'Don't Say Gay' Law|website=IndieWire|date=April 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421233243/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/04/florida-votes-to-repeal-walt-disney-world-special-district-1234718606/|archive-date=April 21, 2022|url-status=live}} On April 14, 2023, he signed into law three health care bills enshrining access to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications in Colorado. The bills ensure people in surrounding states and beyond can have an abortion, begin puberty blockers, or receive gender-affirming surgery in Colorado without fear of prosecution.{{Cite web |title=Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-transgender-colorado-law-0ac4525f076692b479c9c16f3a1f72b3 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=AP News |date=April 14, 2023 |language=en-US}} On April 29, 2024, Polis signed a law requiring public schools to use trans students' preferred names.{{Cite web|url=https://legiscan.com/CO/bill/HB1039/2024|title=CO HB1039 2024 Regular Session |website=LegiScan}}{{Cite web |title=Colorado Dem chair calls GOP 'stupid' for urging parents to pull kids from public schools |url=https://www.abc3340.com/news/nation-world/colorado-dem-leader-blasts-gop-calls-for-parental-rights-as-playing-politics-gender-identity-law-shad-murib-colorado-republican-party-hb24-1039-governor-jared-polis-students-lgbt-transgender-chosen-names-pronouns-crisis-in-the-classroom |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=ABC News |date=May 24, 2024 |language=en-US}}

Polis has been a vocal critic of Trump's tariffs. He criticized a portion of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's speech in Washington in April 2025 in which she warned against Trump's use of the "tariff hammer" but said there was room for some agreement with the president, in a post on the social platform X (formerly Twitter), saying: "The 'tariff hammer' winds up hitting your own hand rather than the nail. Tariffs are bad outright because they lead to higher prices and destroy American manufacturing. Trade is inherently good because both parties emerge better off from a consensual transaction. While sanctions (Russia, Iran) can have a geopolitical national security role, it should always be considered eyes wide open that sanctions harm both ourself and others."{{Cite web |last=Manchester |first=Julia |date=April 9, 2025 |title=Polis pushes back on Whitmer’s remarks on tariffs |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5240435-polis-whitmer-trade-war/}}

File:Polis-M.Obama.jpg |date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221114201423/https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-governor-polis-wedding-married/73-1e9316d4-5f3d-4379-9f59-cca85e5c3a08 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |url-status=live}} Marlon Reis (left), and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House]]

Polis was the first non-incumbent openly gay man elected to Congress, and the first openly gay parent in Congress.{{cite news|last=Terkel |first=Amanda |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/jared-polis-openly-gay-parent_n_989422.html |title=Jared Polis Announces Birth Of Son, Becoming First Openly Gay Parent In Congress |publisher=Huffington Post |date=September 30, 2011 |access-date=December 16, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Parkinson |first=John |title=House Democrat Jared Polis Becomes First Openly Gay Parent in Congress |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/house-democrat-jared-polis-becomes-first-openly-gay-parent-in-congress |access-date=September 30, 2011 |publisher=ABC News}}'Gay congressman announces birth of new son', in Forbes, 09.30.11 [https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/30/general-us-gay-congressman-birth-announcement_8710834.html]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He is also the nation's second openly gay parent to hold state-level government office.{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2011 |title=Jared Polis Becomes First Openly Gay Parent In Congress |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jared-polis-openly-gay-parent_n_989422 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=House Democrat Jared Polis Becomes First Openly Gay Parent in Congress |url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/house-democrat-jared-polis-becomes-first-openly-gay-parent-in-congress |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2014 |title=Congressman Polis announces baby girl has joined family |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2014/07/04/congressman-polis-announces-baby-girl-has-joined-family/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}} Polis and his husband, Marlon Reis, have a son and a daughter, born in 2011 and 2014, respectively.{{cite news|title=Jared Polis Makes History As Nation's First Openly Gay Governor|url=https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/featured/jared-polis-makes-history-as-nations-first-openly-gay-governor/|newspaper=Out Front|author=Ryan Howe|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018}}{{cite news|title=In the Race for Governor, How Far Left Is Colorado Willing to Go?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/us/colorado-governor-race.html|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Julie Turke|date=June 22, 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018}}{{cite news|title=Colorado Governor's Race: Jared Polis Defeats Walker Stapleton And Makes History|url=https://www.cpr.org/2018/11/07/colorado-governors-race-jared-polis-defeats-walker-stapleton-and-makes-history/|publisher=Colorado Public Radio|author=Colorado Public Radio Staff and The Associated Press|date=November 7, 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018}} Polis is Jewish.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=189354 |title=Three New Jewish Members of Congress |publisher=The Jewish Federations |access-date=December 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720030243/http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=189354 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }} Meet the ‘balding gay Jew’ now leading America’s governors; Politico; [https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/07/governors-colorado-jared-polis-00172910]

In June 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, an event widely considered a watershed moment in the modern LGBTQ rights movement, Queerty named Polis one of the Pride50 "trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people".{{Cite web|url=https://www.queerty.com/pride50|title=Queerty Pride50 2019 Honorees|website=Queerty|language=en-US|access-date=June 18, 2019}} Polis enjoys video games such as League of Legends. His favorite champions include Maokai and Anivia.{{cite web|last=Augustine |first=Josh |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/u-s-congressman-joins-league-of-legends-developer-in-urging-fans-to-oppose-sopapipa |title=U.S. Congressman joins League of Legends developer in urging fans to oppose SOPA/PIPA |publisher= pcgamer |date=January 11, 2012 |access-date=January 11, 2012}} He is also an avid fan of the Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, and Denver Broncos.{{Cite news|url=https://www.westword.com/news/jared-polis-on-his-home-life-childhood-and-love-of-the-rockies-10892308|title=Jared Polis on Home Life, His Childhood and the Rockies|first=Chris|last=Bianchi|date=October 21, 2018|website=Westword}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/broncos/remembering-pat-bowlen-nfl-broncos-and-colorado-communities-honor-legendary-denver-broncos-owner|title=Remembering Pat Bowlen: NFL, Broncos and Colorado communities honor legendary Denver Broncos owner|date=June 14, 2019|website=KMGH}}{{Cite web|url= https://x.com/polisforco/status/1541253696708784128?s=46 |title=21 years in the making — proud to be a Colorado Avalanche fan. Welcome to your new home, StanleyCup! |website=x.com|date=June 26, 2022}}

Polis has declared his love of Taylor Swift's music and has regularly made reference to this in public communications. Before Swift's Eras Tour arrived in Denver in July 2023, Polis posted a letter on his Instagram account with dozens of her song lyrics.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2023-07-12 |title=Colorado's Gov. Jared Polis Pens Letter Using Taylor Swift Lyrics to Welcome The Eras Tour to Denver |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-welcomed-denver-colorado-governor-1235370133/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} In a March 2024 event on the Denver Capitol steps addressing education funding, he spoke under a friendship bracelet-themed banner with the words "fully funded era" that many speculated was a reference to the Eras Tour.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=With nods to Taylor Swift, Colorado lawmakers declare break-up with education funding gap |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/01/colorado-jared-polis-lawmakers-bs-factor-school-funding-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}} In his speech at the Democratic National Convention on August 21, 2024, he used lyrics from Swift's song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".{{Cite web |title=Polis on Trump: We're 'like never, ever, ever' going back |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/polis-on-trump-were-like-never-ever-ever-going-back/2024/08/21/45194568-3234-4393-805c-86b4b1aefc51_video.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=www.washingtonpost.com |language=en}} In July 2020, Polis donated $1,000 to Representative Ilhan Omar's primary opponent in her 2020 reelection campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-gov-donates-minnesota-rep-ilhan-omars-primary-opponent-1521190|title=Colorado Gov. Donates to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's primary opponent|website=Newsweek|date=July 28, 2020}} In September 2021, Polis married his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, in a small Jewish Renewal ceremony with family and a few friends at a synagogue in Boulder.{{Cite web |last=Cramer |first=Philissa |date=September 17, 2021 |title=Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and His Partner Have Very Jewish Wedding |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/2021/09/17/colorado-gov-jared-polis-and-his-partner-have-very-jewish-wedding/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=Philadelphia Jewish Exponent}}

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jared Polis

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |63%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Scott Starin

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |34%

|{{party shading/Green}} |J. A. Calhoun

|{{party shading/Green}} |Green

|{{party shading/Green}} |2%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jared Polis

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |57%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Stephen Bailey

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |38%

|{{party shading/Constitution}} |Jenna Goss

|{{party shading/Constitution}} |Constitution

|{{party shading/Constitution}} |3%

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Curtis Harris

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2%

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|2012

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jared Polis

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |56%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Kevin Lundberg

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |39%

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Randy Luallin

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |3%

|{{party shading/Green}} |Susan P. Hall

|{{party shading/Green}} |Green

|{{party shading/Green}} |2%

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|2014

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jared Polis

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |57%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |George Leing

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |43%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jared Polis

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |57%

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Nic Morse

|{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|{{party shading/Republican}} |37%

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Richard Longstreth

|{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

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