https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Polis#Political_positions
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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 wrote that he was "the most libertarian governor in America".
Cryptocurrency
In May 2014, Polis became the first U.S. representative and member of Congress to accept campaign donations via Bitcoin. In February 2022, Polis announced that Colorado would become the first state to allow its residents to pay state taxes with Bitcoin.
Healthcare
In May 2025, Polis vetoed a bill unanimously passed by the state legislature that would have banned surprise billing by ambulance companies. Because he waited until after May 7 to veto it, the legislature cannot override the veto until 2026.
Vaccines
Polis has called himself "pro-choice" on vaccines. In 2019, he opposed a major provision in House Bill 1312 that made it harder for parents to seek non-medical vaccine exemptions for their children. Polis was among the few Democrats who praised vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., commending his work in "having helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado" before later posting in support of getting vaccinated. He supported Trump's nomination of Kennedy for Secretary of Health and Human Services and wrote that he supported Kennedy's willingness to "take on big pharma and corporate ag" while avoiding rebuking him for his anti-vaccine ideas.
Housing
In May 2025, Polis vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of rent-fixing algorithms, which critics argued landlords were using to collude to charge the highest possible rents. Software company RealPage, a well-known provider of one such algorithm, applauded the veto, which it called an example of "courageous leadership".
Immigration
During the U.S. border crisis, Polis relocated migrants via publicly sponsored buses to New York City and Chicago. On January 7, 2023, he said he would no longer send migrants to Chicago.
Social media
Polis vetoed Senate Bill 86, which would compel large social media companies to remove accounts engaged in illegal activity involving children under 13. On April 25, 2025, the Colorado Senate overrode the veto.
Richard Hanania and Nicholas Decker
On Twitter, Polis wrote that he would "recommend following public intellectuals Richard Hanania and Nicholas Decker who are doing actual thinking which is rare these days". Hanania had previously expressed white supremacist opinions, while Decker had discussed controversial topics such as zoophilia and AI-generated child pornography. After criticism of Polis's post, his spokesperson told Denver 7, "The governor was clear in his post that he doesn't agree with the majority of what these individuals post, including those that you reference in your question. He believes many of their views are abhorrent. Governor Polis's focus remains on leading for Colorado, and that includes listening to opposing perspectives and finding ways to disagree better no matter where they land in the depths of social media."
Tina Peters clemency
On May 15, 2026, during his second term as governor, Polis announced that he would commute the sentence of Tina Peters, the former county clerk of Mesa County, Colorado. In 2024, Peters was convicted in state court on multiple felonies for her involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. The decision came after President Donald Trump had publicly advocated for Peters's release.
The clemency announcement was condemned by the Colorado Democratic Party, the Democratic leadership of the Colorado House and Senate, the Colorado County Clerks Association, Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, U.S. Representative Jason Crow, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Mesa County district attorney Dan Rubinstein, who had prosecuted Peters, and the Colorado branches of the AFL-CIO, SEIU, Common Cause, and League of Women Voters.
On May 20, the Colorado Democratic Party censured Polis at a state committee meeting. In response to the backlash, Polis appeared on a video call with duct tape covering his mouth. After the announcement, Bennet said that, because of the commutation, he would not consider Polis for the resulting Senate vacancy should he win the 2026 Colorado gubernatorial election.
The move was praised by Trump, U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, state representative and gubernatorial candidate Scott Bottoms, The Denver Post editorial board, and Peters herself.
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