Welfare on the ballot

Welfare on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding welfare assistance, social security, unemployment compensation and other entitlements.

Examples:

* Louisiana Farmer and Fisherman Funds Amendment, Question 4 (2004)
* California Proposition 41, Limits on Welfare Spending (1984)

## Ballot measures lists[edit]

# By state[edit]

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

## Alabama

1. Alabama Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, Amendment 8 (1932)

## Alaska

1. Alaska Health and Welfare Construction Bond, Proposition 2 (1964)
2. Alaska Health and Welfare Correctional Facility Bond, Proposition 5 (1970)

## Arizona

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 314-315, Extension of Unemployment Benefits Initiative (September 1950)
2. Arizona Measure Nos. 312-313, Expansion of Old-Age Assistance Initiative (September1950)
3. Arizona Measure Nos. 316-317, Unemployment Benefits for Agricultural Laborers Initiative (September 1950)
4. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Old-Age Assistance Amendment (1944)
5. Arizona Measure Nos. 100-101, Public Welfare Recipients Initiative (1944)
6. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Department of Public Health and Welfare Measure (1952)
7. Arizona Proposition 200, Voter ID, Citizenship Proof for Voter Registration, and Immigration Status Verification for Public Benefits Initiative (2004)

## California

1. California Proposition 19, Children's Aid Amendment (1920)
2. California Proposition 19, Aid for Blind People in Need Amendment (1928)
3. California Proposition 7, Administration of Aid for Hardships Amendment (1938)
4. California Proposition 1, Encumbrances Taken on by Counties Amendment (1940)
5. California Proposition 4, Aged and Blind Aid Initiative (1948)
6. California Proposition 2, Old Age Security and Aid to Blind Plan Initiative (1949)
7. California Proposition 11, Old Age Payments Initiative (1952)
8. California Proposition 4, Spending of Aid Money to Blind People Amendment (1952)
9. California Proposition 4, Aid Payments to Aged People in Need Initiative (1954)
10. California Proposition 2, Release of Encumbrances Amendment (1940)
11. California Proposition 41, Spending on Public Assistance Programs Initiative (1984)
12. California Proposition 165, Fiscal Emergencies and Welfare Assistance Initiative (1992)
13. California Proposition 11, Payments from a Gross Income Tax Initiative (1944)
14. California Proposition 12, Aid for Physically Handicapped People in Need Amendment (1928)
15. California Proposition 17, Repeal of Obsolete Social Welfare Provisions Amendment (1970)
16. California Proposition 187, Prohibit Persons in Violation of Immigration Law from Using Public Healthcare, Schools, and Social Services Initiative (1994)

## Colorado

1. Colorado Public Aid for Blind Adults, Measure 1 (1918)
2. Colorado Old Age Pensions, Measure 5 (1936)
3. Colorado Public Assistance to Tubercular Residents, Measure 2 (1936)
4. Colorado Aid to Dependent and Neglected Children, Measure 17 (1912)
5. Colorado Referendum D, Unemployment Insurance and Compensation Amendment (1996)
6. Colorado Amendment 51, Sales Tax Increase for People with Developmental Disabilities Initiative (2008)
7. Colorado Proposition 118, Paid Medical and Family Leave Initiative (2020)

## Florida

1. Florida State Social Welfare System Amendment (1936)

## Georgia

1. Georgia Board of Public Welfare, Amendment 1 (1946)
2. Georgia State Children's Trust Fund, Amendment 5 (1986)

## Hawaii

1. Hawaii Public Health and Welfare, Amendment 17 (1978)

## Idaho

1. Idaho Proposition 2, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2018)

## Kansas

1. Kansas Welfare, Amendment 2 (1972)

## Maine

1. Maine Old Age Assistance and Minimum Education, Referendum Question (1937)
2. Maine Question 2, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2017)

## Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Question 3, Payments to the Elderly Initiative (1950)

## Michigan

1. Michigan Proposal No. 4, State Department of Public Assistance Referendum (1938)

## Missouri

1. Missouri Issue 4, Old Age Pensions (1938)
2. Missouri Concerning Pensions for Blind, Issue 1 (1916)

## Montana

1. Montana Determination of Economic Assistance, C-18 (1988)

## Nebraska

1. Nebraska Services for Handicapped Children, Amendment 6a (1976)

## Nevada

1. Nevada Old Age Pensions (1936)
2. Nevada Initiative on Old Age Pensions, Question 2 (1944)

## New Mexico

1. New Mexico Amendment 5 (1998)

## New York

1. New York Social Welfare, Amendment 8 (1938)

## North Dakota

1. North Dakota Old Age Assistance Initiative (1938)
2. North Dakota Diversion of State Highway Construction Funds Initiative (1939)
3. North Dakota Sales Tax for Schools and Relief Initiative (1940)
4. North Dakota Earmarking Sales Tax for Schools and Relief Initiative (1940)

## Ohio

1. Ohio Old Age Pensions Initiative (1933)
2. Ohio State Old Age Pension Initiative (1923)
3. Ohio Establishment of Old Age Pensions Initiative (1939)
4. Ohio Bonds for Welfare Institutions Amendment (1931)
5. Ohio Increase of Unemployment Benefits Initiative (1955)
6. Ohio Housing and Nursing Care Assistance Initiative (1975)

## Oklahoma

1. Oklahoma Public Welfare, State Question 220 (December 1935)
2. Oklahoma State Question 215 (1940)
3. Oklahoma Old Age Pensions and Security, State Question 214 (September 1935)
4. Oklahoma Relief of the Unemployed, State Question 171 (July 1932)
5. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 349 (1952)
6. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 226 (July 1936)
7. Oklahoma Old Age Pension and Public Welfare, State Question 225 (July 1936)
8. Oklahoma Old Age Pensions, State Question 209 (September 1935)
9. Oklahoma Graduated Tax on Land, State Question 215 (1940)
10. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 299 (March 1941)

## Oregon

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309, Public Medical Assistance for Eligible People Referendum (1950)
2. Oregon Measure 7, Public Works in Lieu of Welfare Pilot Program Initiative (1990)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Home for "Dependent, Delinquent and Defective" Children Measure (1918)
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Reduce Age Eligibility for Old Age Public Assistance Referendum (1936)
5. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Transaction Tax for Elderly Funds Initiative (1938)
6. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Repeal of Rural Credits Loan Fund Amendment (1942)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Income Tax to Create Retirement and Disability Insurance Fund Initiative (1944)
8. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Tax for Old-Age and Disability Fund Initiative (1946)
9. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Retail Sales Tax Measure (October 1947)
10. Oregon Measure 3, Bonds for Low-Income Elderly Housing Amendment (May 1978)
11. Oregon Measure 6, Definition of Multifamily Low-Income Elderly Housing Amendment (May 1980)
12. Oregon Measure 2, Multifamily Housing for Elderly and Disabled Amendment (May 1982)
13. Oregon Measure 99, Home Care Commission for the Elderly Initiative (2000)
14. Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Pensions for the Elderly Initiative (1948)

## Texas

1. Texas Proposition 2, Unemployment Relief Bond Amendment (August 1933
2. Texas Proposition 3, Old-Age Assistance Amendment (August 1935)
3. Texas Proposition 5, Assistance for the Blind Amendment (August 1937)
4. Texas Proposition 6, Assistance for Children Amendment (August 1937)
5. Texas Proposition 4, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (August 1945)
6. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1951)
7. Texas Proposition 8, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1954)
8. Texas Proposition 1, Aid for the Improperly Fined or Imprisoned Amendment (1956)
9. Texas Proposition 9, Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment (1956)
10. Texas Proposition 1, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1957)
11. Texas Proposition 8, Medical Care for the Needy Amendment (1958)
12. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1962)
13. Texas Proposition 8, Assistance for the Disabled Amendment (1962)
14. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1963)
15. Texas Proposition 3, Providing Assistance and Medical Care to the Needy Amendment (1965)
16. Texas Proposition 15, Assistance for the Disabled Amendment (1966)
17. Texas Proposition 2, Public Assistance Fund Increase Amendment (1968)
18. Texas Proposition 5, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (August 1969)
19. Texas Proposition 3, Appropriations for Assistance Grants (May 1971)
20. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for Needy Children Amendment (1982)
21. Texas Proposition 3, Medical Care for the Needy Elderly Amendment (1964)

## Utah

1. Utah Proposition 3, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2018)

## Vermont

1. Vermont Workman's Compensation Amendment (1913)

## Washington

1. Washington Initiative 184, Public Assistance Revision Measure (1952)
2. Washington Initiative 178, Public Assistance Program Revision Measure (1950)
3. Washington Initiative 176, Increasing Minimum Grant for Social Security Measure (1950)
4. Washington Initiative 172, Standard of Living for Seniors and Blind Measure (1948)
5. Washington Initiative 141, Elderly Assistance Grants Measure (1940)
6. Washington Initiative 157, Social Security and Unemployment Assistance Measure (1944)
7. Washington Initiative 158, Revenues for Elderly and Disabled Measure (1944)
8. Washington Initiative 151, Elderly Public Assistance Grants Measure (1942)
9. Washington Referendum 28, Disability Compensation Measure (1950)
10. Washington Initiative 102, Child and Family Services Tax Measure (1989)

## Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Affordable Housing Amendment (April 1991)
2. Wisconsin Question 3, State Annuity Insurance Amendment (1914)
3. Wisconsin Question 9, State Insurance Amendment (1914)
4. Wisconsin Question 3, Work Requirement for Welfare Benefits Advisory Question (April 2023)

# By year[edit]

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

## 2023

1. Wisconsin Question 3, Work Requirement for Welfare Benefits Advisory Question (April 2023)

## 2020

1. Colorado Proposition 118, Paid Medical and Family Leave Initiative (2020)

## 2018

1. Idaho Proposition 2, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2018)
2. Utah Proposition 3, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2018)

## 2017

1. Maine Question 2, Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2017)

## 2008

1. Colorado Amendment 51, Sales Tax Increase for People with Developmental Disabilities Initiative (2008)

## 2004

1. Arizona Proposition 200, Voter ID, Citizenship Proof for Voter Registration, and Immigration Status Verification for Public Benefits Initiative (2004)

## 2000

1. Oregon Measure 99, Home Care Commission for the Elderly Initiative (2000)

## 1998

1. New Mexico Amendment 5 (1998)

## 1996

1. Colorado Referendum D, Unemployment Insurance and Compensation Amendment (1996)

## 1994

1. California Proposition 187, Prohibit Persons in Violation of Immigration Law from Using Public Healthcare, Schools, and Social Services Initiative (1994)

## 1992

1. California Proposition 165, Fiscal Emergencies and Welfare Assistance Initiative (1992)

## 1991

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Affordable Housing Amendment (April 1991)

## 1990

1. Oregon Measure 7, Public Works in Lieu of Welfare Pilot Program Initiative (1990)

## 1989

1. Washington Initiative 102, Child and Family Services Tax Measure (1989)

## 1988

1. Montana Determination of Economic Assistance, C-18 (1988)

## 1986

1. Georgia State Children's Trust Fund, Amendment 5 (1986)

## 1984

1. California Proposition 41, Spending on Public Assistance Programs Initiative (1984)

## 1982

1. Oregon Measure 2, Multifamily Housing for Elderly and Disabled Amendment (May 1982)
2. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for Needy Children Amendment (1982)

## 1980

1. Oregon Measure 6, Definition of Multifamily Low-Income Elderly Housing Amendment (May 1980)

## 1978

1. Oregon Measure 3, Bonds for Low-Income Elderly Housing Amendment (May 1978)
2. Hawaii Public Health and Welfare, Amendment 17 (1978)

## 1976

1. Nebraska Services for Handicapped Children, Amendment 6a (1976)

## 1975

1. Ohio Housing and Nursing Care Assistance Initiative (1975)

## 1972

1. Kansas Welfare, Amendment 2 (1972)

## 1971

1. Texas Proposition 3, Appropriations for Assistance Grants (May 1971)

## 1970

1. Alaska Health and Welfare Correctional Facility Bond, Proposition 5 (1970)
2. California Proposition 17, Repeal of Obsolete Social Welfare Provisions Amendment (1970)

## 1969

1. Texas Proposition 5, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (August 1969)

## 1968

1. Texas Proposition 2, Public Assistance Fund Increase Amendment (1968)

## 1966

1. Texas Proposition 15, Assistance for the Disabled Amendment (1966)

## 1965

1. Texas Proposition 3, Providing Assistance and Medical Care to the Needy Amendment (1965)

## 1964

1. Alaska Health and Welfare Construction Bond, Proposition 2 (1964)
2. Texas Proposition 3, Medical Care for the Needy Elderly Amendment (1964)

## 1963

1. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1963)

## 1962

1. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1962)
2. Texas Proposition 8, Assistance for the Disabled Amendment (1962)

## 1958

1. Texas Proposition 8, Medical Care for the Needy Amendment (1958)

## 1957

1. Texas Proposition 1, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1957)

## 1956

1. Texas Proposition 1, Aid for the Improperly Fined or Imprisoned Amendment (1956)
2. Texas Proposition 9, Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Amendment (1956)

## 1955

1. Ohio Increase of Unemployment Benefits Initiative (1955)

## 1954

1. California Proposition 4, Aid Payments to Aged People in Need Initiative (1954)
2. Texas Proposition 8, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1954)

## 1952

1. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 349 (1952)
2. Washington Initiative 184, Public Assistance Revision Measure (1952)
3. California Proposition 11, Old Age Payments Initiative (1952)
4. California Proposition 4, Spending of Aid Money to Blind People Amendment (1952)
5. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Department of Public Health and Welfare Measure (1952)

## 1951

1. Texas Proposition 2, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (1951)

## 1950

1. Washington Initiative 178, Public Assistance Program Revision Measure (1950)
2. Washington Initiative 176, Increasing Minimum Grant for Social Security Measure (1950)
3. Massachusetts Question 3, Payments to the Elderly Initiative (1950)
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309, Public Medical Assistance for Eligible People Referendum (1950)
5. Arizona Measure Nos. 314-315, Extension of Unemployment Benefits Initiative (September 1950)
6. Arizona Measure Nos. 312-313, Expansion of Old-Age Assistance Initiative (September1950)
7. Arizona Measure Nos. 316-317, Unemployment Benefits for Agricultural Laborers Initiative (September 1950)
8. Washington Referendum 28, Disability Compensation Measure (1950)

## 1949

1. California Proposition 2, Old Age Security and Aid to Blind Plan Initiative (1949)

## 1948

1. Washington Initiative 172, Standard of Living for Seniors and Blind Measure (1948)
2. California Proposition 4, Aged and Blind Aid Initiative (1948)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Pensions for the Elderly Initiative (1948)

## 1947

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Retail Sales Tax Measure (October 1947)

## 1946

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Tax for Old-Age and Disability Fund Initiative (1946)
2. Georgia Board of Public Welfare, Amendment 1 (1946)

## 1945

1. Texas Proposition 4, Assistance for the Needy Amendment (August 1945)

## 1944

1. Washington Initiative 157, Social Security and Unemployment Assistance Measure (1944)
2. Washington Initiative 158, Revenues for Elderly and Disabled Measure (1944)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Income Tax to Create Retirement and Disability Insurance Fund Initiative (1944)
4. Nevada Initiative on Old Age Pensions, Question 2 (1944)
5. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Old-Age Assistance Amendment (1944)
6. Arizona Measure Nos. 100-101, Public Welfare Recipients Initiative (1944)
7. California Proposition 11, Payments from a Gross Income Tax Initiative (1944)

## 1942

1. Washington Initiative 151, Elderly Public Assistance Grants Measure (1942)
2. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Repeal of Rural Credits Loan Fund Amendment (1942)

## 1941

1. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 299 (March 1941)

## 1940

1. Oklahoma State Question 215 (1940)
2. Washington Initiative 141, Elderly Assistance Grants Measure (1940)
3. California Proposition 1, Encumbrances Taken on by Counties Amendment (1940)
4. California Proposition 2, Release of Encumbrances Amendment (1940)
5. North Dakota Sales Tax for Schools and Relief Initiative (1940)
6. North Dakota Earmarking Sales Tax for Schools and Relief Initiative (1940)
7. Oklahoma Graduated Tax on Land, State Question 215 (1940)

## 1939

1. Ohio Establishment of Old Age Pensions Initiative (1939)
2. North Dakota Diversion of State Highway Construction Funds Initiative (1939)

## 1938

1. North Dakota Old Age Assistance Initiative (1938)
2. Missouri Issue 4, Old Age Pensions (1938)
3. California Proposition 7, Administration of Aid for Hardships Amendment (1938)
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Transaction Tax for Elderly Funds Initiative (1938)
5. New York Social Welfare, Amendment 8 (1938)
6. Michigan Proposal No. 4, State Department of Public Assistance Referendum (1938)

## 1937

1. Maine Old Age Assistance and Minimum Education, Referendum Question (1937)
2. Texas Proposition 5, Assistance for the Blind Amendment (August 1937)
3. Texas Proposition 6, Assistance for Children Amendment (August 1937)

## 1936

1. Oklahoma Social Security, State Question 226 (July 1936)
2. Oklahoma Old Age Pension and Public Welfare, State Question 225 (July 1936)
3. Colorado Old Age Pensions, Measure 5 (1936)
4. Colorado Public Assistance to Tubercular Residents, Measure 2 (1936)
5. Nevada Old Age Pensions (1936)
6. Florida State Social Welfare System Amendment (1936)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Reduce Age Eligibility for Old Age Public Assistance Referendum (1936)

## 1935

1. Oklahoma Public Welfare, State Question 220 (December 1935)
2. Oklahoma Old Age Pensions and Security, State Question 214 (September 1935)
3. Oklahoma Old Age Pensions, State Question 209 (September 1935)
4. Texas Proposition 3, Old-Age Assistance Amendment (August 1935)

## 1933

1. Ohio Old Age Pensions Initiative (1933)
2. Texas Proposition 2, Unemployment Relief Bond Amendment (August 1933

## 1932

1. Oklahoma Relief of the Unemployed, State Question 171 (July 1932)
2. Alabama Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, Amendment 8 (1932)

## 1931

1. Ohio Bonds for Welfare Institutions Amendment (1931)

## 1928

1. California Proposition 19, Aid for Blind People in Need Amendment (1928)
2. California Proposition 12, Aid for Physically Handicapped People in Need Amendment (1928)

## 1923

1. Ohio State Old Age Pension Initiative (1923)

## 1920

1. California Proposition 19, Children's Aid Amendment (1920)

## 1918

1. Colorado Public Aid for Blind Adults, Measure 1 (1918)
2. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Home for "Dependent, Delinquent and Defective" Children Measure (1918)

## 1916

1. Missouri Concerning Pensions for Blind, Issue 1 (1916)

## 1914

1. Wisconsin Question 3, State Annuity Insurance Amendment (1914)
2. Wisconsin Question 9, State Insurance Amendment (1914)

## 1913

1. Vermont Workman's Compensation Amendment (1913)

## 1912

1. Colorado Aid to Dependent and Neglected Children, Measure 17 (1912)

# Did not make ballot[edit]

## Did not make ballot

1. California Charity Care Provided by Non-Profit Hospitals (2012)
2. California "Welfare Reform Act" (2014)
3. Maine Municipal Welfare Benefits for Asylum Seekers Referendum (2015)
4. Missouri Medicaid Expansion Initiative (2018)
5. Utah Allow Tax Revenue to Fund Services for the Poor, Disabled, or Elderly Amendment (2020)
6. Oregon Businesses Charged for Public Assistance Programs Utilized by Employees Initiative (2020)

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* 2 By state
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* 3.40 1950
* 3.41 1949
* 3.42 1948
* 3.43 1947
* 3.44 1946
* 3.45 1945
* 3.46 1944
* 3.47 1942
* 3.48 1941
* 3.49 1940
* 3.50 1939
* 3.51 1938
* 3.52 1937
* 3.53 1936
* 3.54 1935
* 3.55 1933
* 3.56 1932
* 3.57 1931
* 3.58 1928
* 3.59 1923
* 3.60 1920
* 3.61 1918
* 3.62 1916
* 3.63 1914
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