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A veto referendum is a type of citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal a law passed by the state legislature. The veto referendum ballot measure is also known as a popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that have a process for veto referendums.

This page provides a list of veto referendums that appeared on statewide ballots between 1906 and 2024.

• Click here to see all veto referendum measures by year.
• Click here to see all veto referendum measures by state.

Statistics[edit]

• Between 1906 and 2024, 529 veto referendums appeared on the ballot in 23 states.
  • Voters repealed 343 (64.8%) of the targeted laws.
  • Voters upheld 186 (35.2%) of the targeted laws.

• The states with the most veto referendums were North Dakota (75), Oregon (68), and California (50).

• The states that allowed for veto referendums but had the least number of them were Wyoming (1), Nevada (2), and New Mexico (3).

• Utah is the only state where voters have repealed every law put before them through the veto referendum process. Utah has had a total of four veto referendums.

• The most common topic for veto referendums has been taxation, with 83 different referendums concerning taxes. Voters rejected the targeted legislation 61 times and upheld the legislation 22 times.

States[edit]

The following map illustrates the 23 states that provide for citizen-initiated veto referendums: States in a darker shade have had more veto referendums. Hover over each state for details.

List of veto referendums[edit]

List by year[edit]

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for targeted law
2024	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 435: Private Education Scholarship Program Referendum	Repealed
2024	South Dakota	Energy	Referred Law 21: Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Referendum	Repealed
2022	California	Tobacco	Proposition 31: Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum	Upheld
2022	Massachusetts	Immigration	Massachusetts Question 4: Remove Proof of Citizenship or Immigration Status for Driver's License Applications Referendum	Upheld
2020	Colorado	Elections	Proposition 113: National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Referendum	Upheld
2020	California	Civil and criminal trials	Proposition 25: Replace Cash Bail with Risk Assessments Referendum	Repealed
2020	Maine	Healthcare	Question 1: Religious and Philosophical Vaccination Exemptions Referendum	Upheld
2020	Washington	Education	Referendum 90: Sex Education in Public Schools Measure	Upheld
2019	Washington	Affirmative action	Referendum 88: Vote on I-1000 Affirmative Action Measure	Repealed
2018	Arizona	Education	Proposition 305: Expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts	Repealed
2018	Maine	Elections	Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting Delayed Enactment and Automatic Repeal	Repealed
2018	Massachusetts	LGBT	Massachusetts Question 3: Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination	Upheld
2018	Missouri	Labor	Proposition A: Right-to-Work Law	Repealed
2018	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 101: Healthcare Insurance Premiums Tax for Medicaid Referendum	Upheld
2016	California	Business	Proposition 67: Plastic Bag Ban	Upheld
2016	Nebraska	Death Penalty	Measure 426: Prohibit Use of Death Penalty	Repealed
2016	North Dakota	Business	Measure 1: Corporate Dairy and Swine Farming Referendum, Referred Measure 1	Repealed
2016	South Dakota	Elections	Referred Law 19: Independent Candidates Election Law	Repealed
2016	South Dakota	Minimum Wage	Referred Law 20: Decreased Youth Minimum Wage	Repealed
2014	Alaska	Taxes	Measure 1: Oil Tax Cuts Veto Referendum	Upheld
2014	California	Gambling	Proposition 48: Indian Gaming Compacts	Repealed
2014	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 1: Hunting Season for Wolves	Repealed
2014	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 2: Commission to Designate Games Species and Hunting Seasons	Repealed
2014	Oregon	Immigration	Measure 88: Alternative Driver Licenses for Persons Without Legal Residence	Repealed
2012	California	Redistricting	Proposition 40: State Senate Redistricting Map	Upheld
2012	Maryland	Redistricting	Question 5: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Upheld
2012	Maryland	Marriage	Question 6: Same-Sex Civil Marriage	Upheld
2012	Maryland	Education	Question 4: In-State Tuition for Immigrants Without Legal Residence	Upheld
2012	Michigan	Municipal	Proposal 1: Appointment of Municipal Emergency Managers	Repealed
2012	Montana	Marijuana	IR-124: Medical Marijuana Veto Referendum	Upheld
2012	North Dakota	Symbols	Measure 4: North Dakota University to Drop "Fighting Sioux" Nickname and Logo	Upheld
2012	South Dakota	Taxes	Referred Law 14: Tax Revenues for Grants	Repealed
2012	South Dakota	Labor	Referred Law 16: Teachers Union	Repealed
2012	Washington	Marriage	Referendum 74: Same-Sex Marriage Veto Referendum	Upheld
2011	Maine	Elections	Question 1: Same-Day Registration	Repealed
2011	Ohio	Labor	Issue 2: Limits on Collective Bargaining for Public Employees	Repealed
2010	Maine	Taxes	Question 1: Income and Sales Tax Changes	Repealed
2010	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 66: Income Tax Increase	Upheld
2010	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 67: Corporate Minimum Tax Increase	Upheld
2010	South Dakota	Tobacco	Referendum 12: Smoking Ban	Upheld
2009	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Same-Sex Marriage	Repealed
2009	Washington	Marriage	Referendum 71: Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 97: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 96: Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 95: Morongo Band of Mission Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 94: Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	Maine	Taxes	Question 1: Insurance Claim Fee and Beverage Tax Increase for Health Fund	Repealed
2008	Ohio	Banking	Issue 5: Short-Term Loan Interest Cap	Upheld
2007	Utah	Education	Referendum 1: School Vouchers	Repealed
2007	Washington	Business	Referendum 67: Triple Damages for Unreasonable Insurance Denials	Upheld
2006	Idaho	Labor	Proposition 2: Teachers' Collective Bargaining Restrictions	Repealed
2006	Idaho	Labor	Proposition 1: Teachers' Collective Bargaining Restrictions	Repealed
2006	Idaho	Education	Proposition 3: Online Learning	Repealed
2006	Maryland	Elections	Question 4: Rules Governing State and Local Boards of Elections	Upheld
2006	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 3: Hunting Season for Mourning Doves	Repealed
2006	Nebraska	Education	Measure 422: Dissolution of Class I School Districts	Repealed
2006	South Dakota	Tobacco	Referendum 6: Abortion Ban	Repealed
2005	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Reject Extension of Civil Rights Protections Regardless of Sexual Orientation	Upheld
2004	California	Healthcare	Proposition 72: Employers to Provide Health Insurance	Repealed
2004	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 30: Income Tax Surcharge	Repealed
2004	Washington	Education	Referendum 55: Charter School Authorization	Repealed
2002	Idaho	Terms	Referendum 1: Ballot Access Requirements	Upheld
2002	Michigan	Elections	Proposal 1: Eliminate Straight-Party Ticket Voting	Repealed
2002	Montana	Energy	IR-117: Electrical Deregulation Changes	Repealed
2002	North Dakota	Banking	Measure 2: Financial Information Disclosure	Repealed
2002	Washington	Welfare	Referendum 53: Unemployment Insurance	Repealed
2000	Alaska	Hunting	Measure 6: Land-And-Shoot Referendum	Repealed
2000	California	Gambling	Proposition 29: Tribal-State Gaming Compacts	Upheld
2000	California	Trials	Proposition 31: Limits on Suing Insurance Companies	Repealed
2000	California	Trials	Proposition 30: Power to Sue Insurance Companies	Repealed
2000	Oregon	Utilities	Measure 90: Returns on Investments for Utilities	Repealed
2000	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 82: Eliminate Truck Weight-Mile Tax and Increase Fuel Taxes	Repealed
1998	Arizona	Marijuana	Proposition 300: Medical Use of Schedule 1 Drugs	Repealed
1998	Arizona	Marijuana	Proposition 301: Probation Eligibility for Drug Offenses	Upheld
1998	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Repeal of Ban Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination	Repealed
1998	Massachusetts	Utilities	Massachusetts Question 4: Market for Electric Utilities	Upheld
1998	Montana	Elections	IR-114: Corporate Contributions to Ballot Issues	Upheld
1998	Oregon	Marijuana	Measure 57: Marijuana Possession as a Class C Misdemeanor	Repealed
1998	South Dakota	Government	Referendum 2: Unclaimed Property Office	Repealed
1997	Ohio	Labor	Issue 2: Worker's Compensation Benefits Reduction	Repealed
1996	Michigan	Gambling	Proposal A: Ban Political Organizations from Conducting Bingo Games	Repealed
1996	North Dakota	Labor	Measure 9: Workers' Compensation Permanent Impairment Awards	Upheld
1996	Oregon	Bonds	Measure 32: Lottery Bonds for Portland Regional Light Rail	Repealed
1996	Wyoming	Terms	Wyoming Term Limits Referendum	Upheld
1995	Washington	Property	Referendum 48: Land Use	Repealed
1994	Arizona	Property	Proposition 300: Private Property Rights and Compensation	Repealed
1994	Arizona	Tort	Proposition 301: Limits on Lawsuits	Repealed
1994	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 1: Tax on Soft Drinks	Repealed
1994	Massachusetts	Transportation	Massachusetts Question 2: Require Use of Seat Belts in Motor Vehicles	Upheld
1994	Massachusetts	Education	Massachusetts Question 2: Methods of Levying Fees for Nonpartisan Student Organizations	Repealed
1994	Michigan	Insurance	Proposal C: Limits on Auto Insurance Personal Injury Benefits	Repealed
1994	Montana	Taxes	IR-112: State Income Tax Increase	Repealed
1944	North Dakota	Transportation	Measure 2: Require Use of Seat Belts	Upheld
1994	South Dakota	Transportation	Referendum 2: Use of Seat Belts	Upheld
1993	South Dakota	Gambling	Referendum 1: Deadwood Gambling	Repealed
1992	Maryland	Abortion	Question 6: Prohibit State Involvement in Woman's Abortion Decision Before Viability	Upheld
1992	North Dakota	Business	Measure 2: Businesses Allowed to Open After Noon on Sundays	Upheld
1992	North Dakota	Labor	Measure 3: Final Offer Resolutions for School Board-Teacher Mediations	Repealed
1992	South Dakota	Utilities	Referendum 1: Lonetree Waste Facility	Repealed
1990	Arizona	Government	Proposition 301: Martin Luther King Day as a State Holiday	Repealed
1990	Arizona	Government	Proposition 302: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Civil Rights Day	Repealed
1990	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Taxes to Increase State Funding for Schools	Upheld
1990	Nevada	Abortion	Question 7: 24-Weeks Abortion Ban	Upheld
1990	Oregon	Pension	Measure 3: PERS Pension Tax Exemption Repeal and Additional Benefits	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Transportation	Require Use of Seat Belts	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Sales Tax Increase	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Increase	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Increase State Income Tax	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Pension	State Legislators' Retirement Plan	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Gambling	Electronic Video Gaming Gambling	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Education	School District Healthcare Education Programs	Repealed
1988	Maryland	Firearms	Question 3: Prohibit Manufacture and Sale of Certain Handguns	Upheld
1988	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 4: Increase Salaries of Government Officials	Repealed
1988	Michigan	Abortion	Proposal A: Prohibit Public Funds for Abortions	Upheld
1988	North Dakota	Taxes	Tax on Cable Television and Video Programming Services	Repealed
1988	South Dakota	Business	Referendum 4: Telecommunications Deregulation	Upheld
1987	North Dakota	Taxes	Income Tax Increase and Required Withholding	Upheld
1986	Massachusetts	Transportation	Massachusetts Question 4: Require Use of Seat Belts in Motor Vehicles	Repealed
1986	Nebraska	Transportation	Referendum 2: Require Use of Seat Belts in Vehicles	Repealed
1986	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: School District Consolidation	Repealed
1984	North Dakota	Education	Change Name of Minot State College to Dakota Northwestern University	Repealed
1982	California	Water	Proposition 9: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Canal	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 12: State Assembly Redistricting Map	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 11: State Senate Redistricting Map	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 10: Congressional Redistricting Map	Repealed
1982	Massachusetts	Business	Massachusetts Question 4: Bottle and Can Regulations	Upheld
1982	Missouri	Transportation	Proposition 1: Allow Larger Commercial Vehicles on State Highways	Repealed
1980	Maine	Gambling	Gambling Machines Prohibition	Repealed
1980	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 4: Increase Salaries of Government Officials	Repealed
1980	North Dakota	Parks	Purchase Cross Ranch for Veterans Memorial State Park	Repealed
1980	North Dakota	Elections	Provide for Presidential Preference Primary	Upheld
1980	North Dakota	Elections	Revisions to State Election Code	Repealed
1980	South Dakota	Hunting	Referendum 1: Mourning Dove Hunting	Upheld
1978	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Increase State Funding for Schools	Repealed
1978	North Dakota	Resources	Sale of Dickinson Experiment Station Land	Upheld
1977	Washington	Government	Referendum 40: Establishment of a State Women's Commission	Repealed
1977	Washington	Suffrage	Referendum 39: Voter Registration by Mail	Repealed
1978	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 3: Vehicle Registration and Fee Increases	Repealed
1976	Alaska	Salaries	Referendum 1: Compensation and Retirement Benefits for Officials	Repealed
1976	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 8: Motor Fuel and Commercial Vehicle Tax Increases	Repealed
1974	Maine	Business	Weight of Commercial Vehicles and Related Provisions	Repealed
1974	Maryland	Education	Question 14: State Services for Private School Students	Repealed
1974	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Increase State Funding for Schools	Repealed
1974	Oregon	Business	Measure 13: Crime to Distribute or Exhibit Obscene Material	Upheld
1974	Utah	Property	Referendum 1: Land Use Act	Repealed
1973	North Dakota	Redistricting	State Legislative Apportionment Plan	Repealed
1973	Washington	Alcohol	Referendum 36: Minimum Drinking Age Act	Repealed
1972	Maryland	Education	Question 18: State Scholarships for Private School Students	Repealed
1972	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 6: Enact a Vehicle Registration Tax	Repealed
1972	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Tax on Cigarettes	Upheld
1971	North Dakota	Budgets	Department of Accounts and Purchases Appropriation for 1971-1973 Biennium	Upheld
1970	Maryland	Government	Question 11: Community Development Administration	Repealed
1970	Missouri	Taxes	Proposition 1: State Income Tax Increase	Repealed
1970	Missouri	Pension	Proposition 1: Increase State Employee Retirement Benefits	Repealed
1970	North Dakota	Government	Construction of Multipurpose Building on Grounds of State Capitol	Repealed
1970	Oklahoma	Elections	State Question 464: Election Machines	Repealed
1970	Oklahoma	Budgets	State Question 469: Interest Rates and Treasurer Duties	Repealed
1968	Alaska	Elections	Voter Registration Veto Referendum	Upheld
1968	Arizona	Redistricting	Proposition 300: Legislative Districts	Upheld
1968	Arizona	Elections	Proposition 301: County Boards of Supervisors	Upheld
1968	Arkansas	Elections	Referred Act 457: Require Voters to Declare Party Affiliation	Repealed
1968	Arkansas	Government	Referred Act 306: Creation of State Dairy Commission	Repealed
1968	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 4: Prohibit Housing Discrimination	Repealed
1968	Michigan	Time	Proposal 2: Use Daylight Saving Time	Repealed
1968	North Dakota	Business	Remove Prohibition on Corporations Engaging in Farming	Repealed
1968	South Dakota	Time	Referendum 1: Daylight Saving Time	Repealed
1968	South Dakota	Education	Referendum 2: School District Reorganization	Upheld
1968	Washington	Constitutional rights	Referendum 35: Non-Discrimination by Real Estate Brokers Act	Upheld
1966	Idaho	Taxes	Referendum 1: Adoption of Three Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1966	Idaho	Labor	Referendum 1: Right-to-Work Law	Upheld
1966	Maine	Alcohol	Sunday Liquor Sales	Repealed
1966	Maryland	Transportation	Question 17: Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge	Repealed
1966	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 1: State Income Tax Law	Repealed
1966	North Dakota	Elections	New Residents Allowed to Vote in Presidential Elections	Upheld
1965	North Dakota	Taxes	Changes to Income, Property, and Sales Taxes	Repealed
1966	Oklahoma	Redistricting	State Question 437: Congressional Districts	Repealed
1964	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 5: Discrimination in Public Accommodations	Upheld
1964	Michigan	Elections	Proposal C: Eliminate Straight-Party Ticket Voting	Repealed
1964	New Mexico	Elections	Referendum: Nominating Conventions for Candidates Referendum	Upheld
1964	Oklahoma	Executives	State Question 420: Gubernatorial Appointment Authority	Repealed
1964	South Dakota	American Indians	Indian Jurisdiction Referendum	Repealed
1964	South Dakota	Labor	Unemployment Compensation Referendum	Repealed
1964	South Dakota	Elections	Voter Registration Referendum	Repealed
1964	Washington	Gambling	Referendum 34: Cardrooms and Bingo Act	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Allow Cities to Impose Tax for Urban Renewal Projects	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Raise Limit on School District Taxes	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Employers to Withhold Income Taxes from Paychecks of Non-Resident Employees	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Adjustment to Graduated Income Tax	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Adjustment to Income Tax Exemptions and Credits	Repealed
1963	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Revision of Personal and Corporate Income Taxes	Repealed
1962	Arkansas	Government	Referred Act 199: Creation of Motor Vehicle Commission	Repealed
1962	Massachusetts	Taxes	Massachusetts Question 5: Creation of Three Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1962	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 6: Increase Salaries of State Legislators	Repealed
1962	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 2: Increase Salaries of State Legislators	Repealed
1962	North Dakota	Taxes	Limit on County Taxes	Repealed
1962	Washington	Budgets	Referendum 33: Private Audits of Municipal Accounts	Repealed
1962	Washington	Food	Referendum 32: Milk Marketing	Repealed
1960	Maryland	Water	Question 16: Ratification of Potomac River Compact	Upheld
1960	North Dakota	Redistricting	Replace At-Large Congressional Districs with Two Districs	Upheld
1960	North Dakota	Business	Reduce Required Number of Crewmen on Long Freight Trains	Upheld
1960	North Dakota	Banking	Allow for Small Loan Businesses	Upheld
1960	Oklahoma	Taxes	State Question 395: State Withholding Tax	Repealed
1960	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 14: Lower State Income Taxes and Eliminate Federal Income Tax Deductions	Repealed
1958	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 19: Eliminate Additional One Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1958	Maine	Transportation	Vehicle License and Registration Fees	Repealed
1958	Montana	Alcohol	IR-59: Liquor Tax	Upheld
1958	Washington	Taxes	Referendum 30: Inheritance Tax on Insurance	Repealed
1956	Nevada	Taxes	Question 8: Sales and Use Tax Law	Upheld
1956	North Dakota	Taxes	Annual Fee for Trading Stamp Issuing	Repealed
1956	North Dakota	Taxes	Allow Counties to Increase Tax Levies	Repealed
1956	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 6: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1956	South Dakota	Veterans	State Soldiers' Home Referendum	Repealed
1954	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 285: Tax Increase on Alcohol	Repealed
1954	Oklahoma	Transportation	State Question 359: Turnpike Operation	Upheld
1954	Oklahoma	Transportation	State Question 360: Turnpike Operation	Upheld
1954	Utah	Education	Referendum A: Abolishment of Carbon College	Repealed
1954	Utah	Education	Referendum B: Dixie, Snow and Weber Colleges as Private Organizations	Repealed
1952	Arkansas	Government	Referred Act 242: State Government Purchasing Methods	Repealed
1952	California	Taxes	Proposition 3: Property Tax Exemptions for Private Non-Profit Schools	Upheld
1952	North Dakota	Transportation	Allow the Use of Parking Meters	Repealed
1952	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 10: Motor Carrier Transportation Tax Increase	Upheld
1952	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 12: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1952	Oregon	Education	Measure 11: School District Reorganization	Repealed
1950	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 7: Sedition and Subversive Activities Code	Upheld
1950	Missouri	Taxes	Referendum: Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1950	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 2: Repeal of Vehicle Registration Fee Increase	Upheld
1950	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 1: Repeal Gas Tax Increase	Upheld
1950	New Mexico	Elections	Referendum: Nominating Conventions for Candidates Referendum	Upheld
1950	North Dakota	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1950	Oregon	Welfare	Measure 5: Public Medical Assistance for Needy Aged Persons	Repealed
1950	Oregon	Time	Measure 6: Uniform Standard Time	Upheld
1950	Washington	Healthcare	Referendum 28: Disability Compensation	Repealed
1948	Arizona	Labor	Proposition 300: Right to Work	Upheld
1948	Maryland	Terms	Question 8: Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Term	Repealed
1948	North Dakota	Labor	Right-to-Work Law	Upheld
1948	North Dakota	Labor	Vote Requirement for Labor Strikes	Upheld
1948	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: One-Year Tax Increase for Expenditures	Repealed
1948	Oregon	Energy	Measure 4: Licensing and Acquisition Provisions of the Hydroelectric Commission	Repealed
1948	South Dakota	Alcohol	Liquor Labeling Referendum	Repealed
1947	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 2: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1946	North Dakota	Taxes	Increases Taxable Assessed Values of Properties	Repealed
1946	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 7: Ban on Commercial Fishing in Nestucca Bay and Coastal Streams	Upheld
1946	South Dakota	Business	Regulate Hospitals Referendum	Upheld
1946	Washington	Resources	Referendum 27: State Timber Resources Board	Repealed
1946	Washington	Government	Referendum 26: Appointment of Game Commissioners	Repealed
1944	Massachusetts	Hunting	Massachusetts Question 5: Non-Profits Allowed to Conduct Games of Chance	Upheld
1944	Oregon	Alcohol	Measure 7: State Sales of Alcohol	Upheld
1944	Washington	Utilities	Referendum 25: Public Utility Districts	Repealed
1942	California	Labor	Proposition 1: Prohibition of Secondary Boycotts	Upheld
1942	North Dakota	Food	Require Posting of Butterfat Prices at Creameries	Upheld
1942	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 5: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1942	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 6: Prohibition of Net Fishing on Coastal Waters	Repealed
1942	South Dakota	Bonds	Oil and Gas Bond Referendum	Repealed
1942	Washington	Judiciary	Referendum 24: Duties of Prosecuting Attorneys	Repealed
1942	Washington	Judiciary	Referendum 23: Legal Advisor for Grand Juries	Repealed
1942	Washington	Insurance	Referendum 22: Industrial Insurance	Upheld
1941	Maine	Taxes	Additional Gasoline Tax	Repealed
1940	Arizona	Business	Proposition 300: Regulation of Dental Advertising	Repealed
1940	Maine	Elections	Question 5, Biddeford Elections	Upheld
1940	Maine	Law	Question 6, Biddeford Police Commission	Upheld
1940	Maryland	Government	Question 9: State Industrial Accident Commission Appointments and Terms	Upheld
1940	Maryland	Government	Question 8: Creation of Commission of Fisheries	Repealed
1940	Oregon	Elections	Measure 5: Move Primary Nominating Elections from May to September	Repealed
1940	Oregon	Alcohol	Measure 6: Require Licenses for Alcohol Sales	Repealed
1940	South Dakota	Government	Unemployment Compensation Commission Referendum	Repealed
1939	California	Business	Proposition 4: Personal Property Brokers	Upheld
1939	California	Business	Proposition 3: Personal Property Brokers	Upheld
1939	California	Government	Proposition 5: Oil Conservation Commission	Repealed
1939	North Dakota	Government	Elimination of Grain Storage Commissioner	Repealed
1939	Ohio	Civil	Referendum 1: Civil Service Provisions	Repealed
1938	California	Resources	Proposition 13: Leasing State-Owned Tidelands for Oil Drilling	Repealed
1938	California	Resources	Proposition 10: Oil Leases on State-Owned Tidelands at Huntington Beach	Repealed
1938	California	Bonds	Proposition 13: Revenue Bonds to Construct Public Utilities	Repealed
1938	Maryland	Marriage	Question 4: 48-Hour Waiting Period for Marriages	Upheld
1938	Missouri	Taxes	Proposition 5: Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1938	Montana	Alcohol	IR-40: Retail Sales of Alcohol	Upheld
1938	North Dakota	Taxes	Volume-Based License Fees for Creameries	Repealed
1938	North Dakota	Alcohol	Prohibit Dancing Where Liquor Sales are Allowed	Upheld
1938	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 216: Vending Machines	Repealed
1938	Oklahoma	Taxes	State Question 236: Taxation of Oleomargarine	Repealed
1938	Oklahoma	Government	State Question 238: State Oil Inspectors Appointment, Duties, Powers, and Compensation	Repealed
1938	Oregon	Gambling	Measure 5: Seizure and Destruction of Slot Machines	Upheld
1938	Oregon	Gambling	Measure 6: Ban on Games of Chance	Upheld
1938	South Dakota	Government	Unemployment Compensation Commission Referendum	Repealed
1936	California	Taxes	Proposition 18: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1936	California	Business	Proposition 22: Retail Store Licensing	Repealed
1936	Idaho	Taxes	Referendum 1: Adoption of Two Percent Sales Tax	Repealed
1936	Maine	Hunting	Question 4, Resident Fishing and Hunting Licenses	Upheld
1936	Montana	Marriage	IR-36: Health Certificates Required for Marriage	Repealed
1936	Montana	Insurance	IR-37: State Insurance for Public Buildings	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Taxes	Weighing and Grading Livestock Charges	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Taxes	Graduated Income Tax and Other Conditions	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Municipal	Increase Jurisdiction of Police Magistrates	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Alcohol	Municipal Liquor Stores	Repealed
1936	Oregon	Welfare	Measure 1: Reduce Eligibility Age for Old Age Public Assistance	Repealed
1936	Oregon	Education	Measure 4: Student Activity Fees	Repealed
1935	North Dakota	Taxes	Two Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1934	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 280: Extend Time to Redeem Delinquent Property Taxes	Repealed
1934	Arkansas	Education	Referred Act 78: Appointed State Board of Education	Repealed
1934	Maine	Alcohol	Transportation of Intoxicating Liquor	Upheld
1934	Massachusetts	Hunting	Massachusetts Question 1: Regulation of Animal Trapping	Upheld
1934	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 5: Sales Tax Increase for Education Funding	Repealed
1934	Oregon	Energy	Measure 1: State Development of Hydroelectricity	Repealed
1934	South Dakota	Government	Abolish Railroad Commission Referendum	Repealed
1934	Washington	Energy	Referendum 18: Municipal Energy	Upheld
1933	Arizona	Healthcare	Proposition 304: Basic Science Requirement for Medicine	Upheld
1933	Arizona	Property	Proposition 306: Judgement of Foreclosure	Upheld
1933	North Dakota	Taxes	Two-Year Sales Tax	Repealed
1933	North Dakota	Banking	Changes in Administration of Closed Banks	Repealed
1933	North Dakota	Government	Removal of Workmen's Compensation Bureau Commissioner	Repealed
1933	Oklahoma	Tobacco	State Question 179: Cigarette Taxes	Repealed
1933	Oklahoma	Government	State Quetion 184: State Board of Equalization Powers and Duties	Repealed
1933	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 9: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1932	Arizona	Property	Economic and Fiscal Survey	Repealed
1932	California	Resources	Proposition 2: No Leases of State-Owned Tide or Beach Lands for Oil Production	Upheld
1932	California	Business	Proposition 1: Crude Oil Regulations	Repealed
1932	Colorado	Taxes	Measure 2: Oleomargarine Tax Increase	Repealed
1932	Maine	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1932	North Dakota	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1932	Oklahoma	Food	State Question 164: Sale of Oleomargarine	Upheld
1932	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 4: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1932	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 6: Higher Education Appropriations	Repealed
1932	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 5: Ban on Commercial Fishing on the Rogue River	Repealed
1932	South Dakota	Education	Teachers' Colleges Referendum	Repealed
1932	South Dakota	Taxes	Butter Substitute Tax Referendum	Upheld
1931	Maine	Government	State Government Administration	Upheld
1930	New Mexico	Taxes	Referendum: Two-Cent Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1930	North Dakota	Banking	Elimination of Depositors' Guarantee Fund	Upheld
1930	North Dakota	Government	Change Three-Member Game and Fish Commission to One-Person Commissioner	Upheld
1930	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 9: Graduated Income Tax	Upheld
1930	Oregon	Judiciary	Measure 8: Additional Circuit Court Judges	Repealed
1930	South Dakota	Transportation	Motor Vehicle Registration Referendum	Repealed
1929	Maine	Taxes	Question 2, Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Taxes	License Tax on Peddlers	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Bonds	Ban Bidding on Municipal Bond Issuing Compensation	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Education	Physical Education in Public Schools	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Transportation	Title Certificates and Driving Permits	Repealed
1928	California	Taxes	Proposition 8: Motor Vehicle Registration Fees	Upheld
1928	California	Redistricting	Proposition 1: Reapportionment of Legislative Districts	Upheld
1928	Maine	Taxes	Excise Tax on Railroads	Upheld
1927	Ohio	Salaries	Referendum 1: Compensation for Justices of the Peace and Mayors	Repealed
1927	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 12: Angling Only on Nestucca Bay	Upheld
1927	Oregon	Government	Measure 11: State Tax Commission to Administer Assessment and Tax Laws	Repealed
1926	Arizona	Food	Meat Inspection Codes	Repealed
1926	California	Business	Proposition 3: Oleomargarine Regulation	Repealed
1926	Oklahoma	Business	State Question 135: Labels on Products Made by Convicts	Upheld
1926	Oklahoma	Education	State Question 137: Public School Textbooks	Upheld
1926	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 12: Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes	Repealed
1926	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 13: Bus and Truck Licenses Taxes	Upheld
1926	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 14: Appropriation of 10 Percent of Board Receipts to General Fund	Repealed
1926	South Dakota	Budgets	Depositors Guarantee Fund Referendum	Repealed
1925	Maine	Time	Question 1, Standard Time	Upheld
1925	Maine	Food	Question 2, Grades of Milk	Repealed
1924	Arizona	Elections	Simple Majority in Primary Elections	Repealed
1924	Massachusetts	Taxes	Massachusetts Question 4: Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1924	Massachusetts	Banking	Massachusetts Question 5: Regulation of Foregin Banking	Upheld
1924	Massachusetts	Alcohol	Massachusetts Question 3: Prohibition of Alcohol Production and Transportation	Upheld
1924	North Dakota	Taxes	Settlement of Taxes on Bank Stocks	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Apportionment of Party Central Committees Based on Presidential Vote	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Nonpartisan State and Local Elections	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Move Presidential Primaries from June to March	Repealed
1924	Oregon	Business	Measure 4: Oleomargarine Prohibition	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Agriculture	Amend Public Warehouses Law Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Municipal	Attach Todd County to Tripp County Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Elections	Nonpolitical Judicial Elections Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Elections	Primary Elections Law Referendum	Repealed
1924	Washington	Food	Referendum 16: Prohibition of Butter Substitutes	Repealed
1923	Ohio	Budgets	Referendum 1: Local Government Budget Systems	Repealed
1923	Ohio	Municipal	Referendum 2: Counties Responsible for Property Taxation	Repealed
1923	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Provide for Income Tax	Upheld
1922	California	Business	Proposition 24: Regulation of the Practice of Law	Repealed
1922	California	Alcohol	Proposition 2: Alcohol Prohibition	Upheld
1922	Maine	Government	Full-Time State Highway Commission	Repealed
1922	Massachusetts	Tort	Massachusetts Question 2: Tort Liability for Voluntary Organizations	Repealed
1922	Massachusetts	Elections	Massachusetts Question 5: District Attorney Candidates Required to be Lawyers	Upheld
1922	Massachusetts	Business	Massachusetts Question 3: Empower State to Censor Movies	Repealed
1922	Massachusetts	Alcohol	Massachusetts Question 4: State Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 10: Reduce the Number of Judicial Circuits	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 15: Prohibit Additional Justices of the Peace in Townships Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 14: Laws Governing Justices of the Peace in Cities Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 13: Elimination of Justices of the Peace in Cities Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Redistricting	Proposition 17: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Labor	Proposition 11: Creation of Workers' Compensation System	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Education	Proposition 12: Provide for County-Level School Districts and Boards of Education	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 16: Elimination of Constables in Townships Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 8: Creation of Supervisor of Public Welfare	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 7: Abolish the Office of State Beverage Inspector	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 9: Creation of State Department of Agriculture	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 5: Creation of State Department of Budget	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 4: Creation of State Department of Labor	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 6: Abolish the Office of State Inspector of Oils	Repealed
1922	Nebraska	Labor	Referendum 2: Anti-Picketing Law	Upheld
1922	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 3: Voter Registration Law	Repealed
1922	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 3: Eliminate Direct Primaries	Repealed
1922	Nebraska	Banking	Referendum 1: Authorization of Bank Charters	Upheld
1922	Washington	Elections	Referendum 15: Party Conventions	Repealed
1922	Washington	Elections	Referendum 14: Primary Nominations and Registration	Repealed
1922	Washington	Healthcare	Referendum 13: Physical Examination of School Children	Repealed
1922	Washington	Works	Referendum 12: Issuance of Public Works Certificates	Repealed
1920	Arizona	Trials	Preliminary Exams for Prosecutorial Information	Upheld
1920	California	Property	Proposition 13: Spouse Property RIghts	Repealed
1920	California	Healthcare	Proposition 8: Medicine Regulations	Upheld
1920	California	Banking	Proposition 14: Prohibit Banks as Insurance Agents	Repealed
1920	California	Alcohol	Proposition 2: Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1920	California	Government	Proposition 15: Creation of Irrigation Districts	Upheld
1920	Maine	Suffrage	Women's Suffrage for Presidential Electors	Upheld
1920	Missouri	Labor	Proposition 14: System of Workers Compensation	Repealed
1920	Missouri	Alcohol	Proposition 13: Alcohol Prohibition Enforcement	Upheld
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-13: Direct Nomination of Candidates for Public Office	Repealed
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-15: Amending the Direct Primaries Law	Repealed
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-16: Repeal of the Presidential Preferential Primaries Law	Repealed
1920	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 1: Party Nominating Conventions	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Elections	Allow Women Living Half-Mile from Poll to Vote Absentee	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Municipal	Removal of County Seats	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Sheriff's Office	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Government	Creation of Investigation Committee	Repealed
1920	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 1: State Alcohol Prohibition	Upheld
1920	Oklahoma	Healthcare	State Question 94: Chiropractor Regulations	Repealed
1920	Oregon	Business	Measure 3: Regulation of Oleomargarine	Repealed
1920	South Dakota	Alcohol	Amending Prohibition Referendum	Repealed
1919	Massachusetts	Banking	Massachusetts Question 2: Interst on Bank Savings	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Judiciary	Reduce Number of Judicial Districts	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Banking	Creation of Bank of North Dakota	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Change Three-Member Tax Commission to One-Person Tax Commissioner	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Printing Commission	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Industrial Commission	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of Commissioner of Immigration	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Board of Administration	Upheld
1919	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 2: State Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1919	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 1: Ratification of Federal Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1918	Arizona	Gambling	Gambling as Misdemeanor	Upheld
1918	Arizona	Business	Property Utilized for Prostitution or Lewdness as Misdemeanor	Upheld
1918	California	Taxes	Proposition 17: Local Tax Limits	Repealed
1918	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 4: Salmon Fishing Seasons for Commercial Fishing on the Willamette River	Upheld
1918	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 3: Ban on Seine and Set-Net Fishing in the Rogue River	Repealed
1918	Washington	Alcohol	Referendum 10: Bone Dry	Upheld
1917	Ohio	Suffrage	Referendum 1: Right of Women to Vote for President	Repealed
1916	California	Elections	Proposition 4: Voter Party Affiliation at Polls	Repealed
1916	Colorado	Healthcare	Measure 1: Regulation of Medical Practice	Upheld
1916	Maine	Labor	Question 1, Employment of Women and Minors	Upheld
1916	North Dakota	Taxes	Mill Tax for Terminal Elevators	Upheld
1916	North Dakota	Alcohol	Crime of Bootlegging	Upheld
1916	South Dakota	Business	Liquor Permits Issuance Referendum	Repealed
1916	South Dakota	Trials	Non-unanimous Jury Verdicts Referendum	Repealed
1916	Washington	Budgets	Referendum 9: State and Local Budgets	Repealed
1916	Washington	Transportation	Referendum 8: Port Districts	Repealed
1916	Washington	Business	Referendum 7: Public Necessity and Convenience Certificate for Utilities	Repealed
1916	Washington	Labor	Referendum 6: Anti-Picketing	Repealed
1916	Washington	Elections	Referendum 5: Party Conventions	Repealed
1916	Washington	Recall	Referendum 4: Recall of Elected Officers	Repealed
1916	Washington	Direct Democracy	Referendum 3: Initiative and Referendum Fraud Prevention	Repealed
1915	California	Elections	Proposition 2: Form of Election Ballots	Repealed
1915	California	Elections	Proposition 1: Direct Partisan Primary Elections	Repealed
1915	Ohio	Redistricting	Referendum 1: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Repealed
1915	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 2: Alcohol Transportation Licenses	Repealed
1914	Arizona	Law	Gubernatorial Pardons and Board of Pardons	Upheld
1914	Arizona	Transportation	Passenger Transportation on Railroads Regulation	Upheld
1914	Arizona	Municipal	County Creation and Reformation	Repealed
1914	Arizona	Municipal	Change of County Seat	Repealed
1914	California	Prostitution	Proposition 4: Red Light District Abatement	Upheld
1914	California	Hunting	Proposition 18: Prohibit Sale of Protected Game Animals	Repealed
1914	California	Government	Proposition 6: Creation of State Water Commission	Upheld
1914	California	Government	Proposition 5: Creation of State Corporation Department	Upheld
1914	Colorado	Utilities	Measure 9: Financing and Capitalization of Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Business	Measure 10: Regulation of Commission Merchants	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Labor	Measure 11: Employees' Risk of Injury or Death	Upheld
1914	Colorado	Law	Measure 12: Appointment of Peace Officers	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Utilities	Measure 13: Financing and Capitalization of Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission	Repealed
1914	Maine	Utilities	Public Utilities Commission	Upheld
1914	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 12: St. Louis Mayor to Appoint Police Commissioners	Repealed
1914	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 11: St. Louis Mayor to Appoint Excise Commissioners	Repealed
1914	Missouri	Business	Proposition 9: Minimum Size of Train Crews	Repealed
1914	Montana	Elections	IR-6: Establish Athletic Commission	Repealed
1914	Nebraska	Militia	Referendum 2: Construction of Town Armories	Repealed
1914	Nebraska	Labor	Referendum 1: Payment of Workmen's Compensation Claims	Upheld
1914	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 61: Prohibition of Gambling and Pool Halls	Upheld
1914	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 62: Prohibition on Slot Machines	Upheld
1914	Missouri	Alcohol	Proposition 10: Counties to Determine Local Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1914	South Dakota	Education	Northern Normal School Course of Study Referendum	Repealed
1914	Washington	Water	Referendum 2: Quincy Valley Irrigation	Repealed
1914	Washington	Pension	Referendum 1: Teacher's Retirement Fund	Repealed
1913	Oklahoma	Labor	State Question 47: Mine Inspector, Mine Phone System, and Bathhouse Requirements	Repealed
1913	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 1: Creation of State University Repair Fund	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 2: Appropriate $100,000 for the University of Oregon	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Law	Measure 3: State-Ordered Sterilization of Criminals	Repealed
1913	Oregon	Municipal	Measure 4: District Attorney for Every County	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Government	Measure 5: Creation of State Industrial Accident Commission	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Mining Liens	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Employee Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Headline Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Engineer and Conductor Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Car Limits	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Passenger Train Rates	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Wages	Semi-Monthly Paydays	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Hunting	Hunting of Birds and Animals	Upheld
1912	California	Salaries	Proposition 5: County Officer Salaries	Repealed
1912	California	Municipal	Proposition 4: County Registar of Voters	Repealed
1912	California	Municipal	Proposition 3: County Government Offices	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Education	Measure 21: Examination of Teachers	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Water	Measure 22: Water Rights and Irrigation	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Agriculture	Measure 23: Branding and Marking of Livestock	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Labor	Measure 25: Eight Hour Workday for Underground Workers	Upheld
1912	Colorado	Education	Measure 26: Teachers' Summer Normal School	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Budgets	Measure 29: Custody and Management of Public Funds	Repealed
1912	Maine	Elections	Question 1, Uniform Ballot Boxes	Upheld
1912	Montana	Militia	IR 300-301: Organization of State Militia	Repealed
1912	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 37: Appropriations for the University of Oregon	Repealed
1912	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 36: Appropriations for the University of Oregon	Repealed
1912	Oregon	Business	Measure 8: Public Corporations and Utilities Regulated by Railroad Commission	Upheld
1912	South Dakota	Transportation	Measure 2, Headlights on Locomotives Required	Upheld
1912	South Dakota	Tort	Measure 3, Damages for Trespass of Animals	Upheld
1912	South Dakota	Municipal	Measure 4, Removal of County Seats	Upheld
1910	Maine	Alcohol	Standard Percentage of Alcohol in Intoxicating Liquors	Repealed
1910	Maine	Transportation	Portland Bridge Reconstruction	Repealed
1910	Maine	Municipal	Town of Gorges	Repealed
1910	Oklahoma	Elections	State Question 21: State Conduct of General Elections	Upheld
1910	Oregon	Salaries	Measure 8: Baker County Required to Provide Additional Judge Salary	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Executive	Removal of State and Local Officers Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Business	Embalmer Licensing Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Redistricting	Congressional Districts Creation Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Militia	State Militia Organization Referendum	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Transportation	Measure 6: Free Rail Transportation for State Officers	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 8: Appropriate $125,000 for the University of Oregon	Upheld
1908	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 7: Appropriate $100,000 for Building Armories	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Prisons	Measure 5: Prison Labor and Compensation Rules	Upheld
1908	South Dakota	Divorce	Action for Divorce Referendum	Upheld
1908	South Dakota	Hunting	Protection of Quail Referendum	Upheld
1908	South Dakota	Sunday	Against Sunday Performance Referendum	Upheld
1906	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 1: Funding for Psychiatric Hospitals, Schools, and Prisons	Upheld

List by state[edit]

Alaska[edit]

See also: List of Alaska ballot measures

In Alaska, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 10 percent of votes cast in the last general election
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law repealed
• Result of a no vote: targeted law upheld
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions do not suspend the targeted law until the election.

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2014	Alaska	Taxes	Measure 1: Oil Tax Cuts Veto Referendum	Upheld
2000	Alaska	Hunting	Measure 6: Land-And-Shoot Referendum	Repealed
1976	Alaska	Salaries	Referendum 1: Compensation and Retirement Benefits for Officials	Repealed
1968	Alaska	Elections	Voter Registration Veto Referendum	Upheld

Arizona[edit]

See also: List of Arizona ballot measures

In Arizona, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election.

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2018	Arizona	Education	Proposition 305: Expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts	Repealed
1998	Arizona	Marijuana	Proposition 300: Medical Use of Schedule 1 Drugs	Repealed
1998	Arizona	Marijuana	Proposition 301: Probation Eligibility for Drug Offenses	Upheld
1994	Arizona	Property	Proposition 300: Private Property Rights and Compensation	Repealed
1994	Arizona	Tort	Proposition 301: Limits on Lawsuits	Repealed
1990	Arizona	Administration	Proposition 301: Martin Luther King Day as a State Holiday	Repealed
1990	Arizona	Administration	Proposition 302: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Civil Rights Day	Repealed
1968	Arizona	Redistricting	Proposition 300: Legislative Districts	Upheld
1968	Arizona	Elections	Proposition 301: County Boards of Supervisors	Upheld
1948	Arizona	Labor	Proposition 300: Right to Work	Upheld
1940	Arizona	Business	Proposition 300: Regulation of Dental Advertising	Repealed
1933	Arizona	Healthcare	Proposition 304: Basic Science Requirement for Medicine	Upheld
1933	Arizona	Property	Proposition 306: Judgement of Foreclosure	Upheld
1932	Arizona	Property	Economic and Fiscal Survey	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Taxes	License Tax on Peddlers	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Bonds	Ban Bidding on Municipal Bond Issuing Compensation	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Education	Physical Education in Public Schools	Repealed
1928	Arizona	Transportation	Title Certificates and Driving Permits	Repealed
1926	Arizona	Food	Meat Inspection Codes	Repealed
1924	Arizona	Elections	Simple Majority in Primary Elections	Repealed
1920	Arizona	Trials	Preliminary Exams for Prosecutorial Information	Upheld
1918	Arizona	Gambling	Gambling as Misdemeanor	Upheld
1918	Arizona	Business	Property Utilized for Prostitution or Lewdness as Misdemeanor	Upheld
1914	Arizona	Law	Gubernatorial Pardons and Board of Pardons	Upheld
1914	Arizona	Transportation	Passenger Transportation on Railroads Regulation	Upheld
1914	Arizona	Municipal	County Creation and Reformation	Repealed
1914	Arizona	Municipal	Change of County Seat	Repealed
1912	Arizona	Business	Mining Liens	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Employee Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Headline Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Engineer and Conductor Regulations	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Train Car Limits	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Business	Passenger Train Rates	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Wages	Semi-Monthly Paydays	Upheld
1912	Arizona	Hunting	Hunting of Birds and Animals	Upheld

Arkansas[edit]

See also: List of Arkansas ballot measures

In Arkansas, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 6 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions on non-emergency legislation suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
1994	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 1: Tax on Soft Drinks	Repealed
1968	Arkansas	Elections	Referred Act 457: Require Voters to Declare Party Affiliation	Repealed
1968	Arkansas	Administration	Referred Act 306: Creation of State Dairy Commission	Repealed
1962	Arkansas	Administration	Referred Act 199: Creation of Motor Vehicle Commission	Repealed
1958	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 19: Eliminate Additional One Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1954	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 285: Tax Increase on Alcohol	Repealed
1952	Arkansas	Government	Referred Act 242: State Government Purchasing Methods	Repealed
1934	Arkansas	Taxes	Referred Act 280: Extend Time to Redeem Delinquent Property Taxes	Repealed
1934	Arkansas	Education	Referred Act 78: Appointed State Board of Education	Repealed

California[edit]

See also: List of California ballot measures

In California, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2022	California	Tobacco	Proposition 31: Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum	Upheld
2020	California	Civil and criminal trials	Proposition 25: Replace Cash Bail with Risk Assessments Referendum	Repealed
2016	California	Business	Proposition 67: Plastic Bag Ban	Upheld
2014	California	Gambling	Proposition 48: Indian Gaming Compacts	Repealed
2012	California	Redistricting	Proposition 40: State Senate Redistricting Map	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 97: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 96: Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 95: Morongo Band of Mission Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2008	California	Gambling	Proposition 94: Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Gaming Compact	Upheld
2004	California	Healthcare	Proposition 72: Employers to Provide Health Insurance	Repealed
2000	California	Gambling	Proposition 29: Tribal-State Gaming Compacts	Upheld
2000	California	Trials	Proposition 31: Limits on Suing Insurance Companies	Repealed
2000	California	Trials	Proposition 30: Power to Sue Insurance Companies	Repealed
1982	California	Water	Proposition 9: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Canal	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 12: State Assembly Redistricting Map	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 11: State Senate Redistricting Map	Repealed
1982	California	Redistricting	Proposition 10: Congressional Redistricting Map	Repealed
1952	California	Taxes	Proposition 3: Property Tax Exemptions for Private Non-Profit Schools	Upheld
1942	California	Labor	Proposition 1: Prohibition of Secondary Boycotts	Upheld
1939	California	Business	Proposition 4: Personal Property Brokers	Upheld
1939	California	Business	Proposition 3: Personal Property Brokers	Upheld
1939	California	Government	Proposition 5: Oil Conservation Commission	Repealed
1938	California	Resources	Proposition 13: Leasing State-Owned Tidelands for Oil Drilling	Repealed
1938	California	Resources	Proposition 10: Oil Leases on State-Owned Tidelands at Huntington Beach	Repealed
1938	California	Bonds	Proposition 13: Revenue Bonds to Construct Public Utilities	Repealed
1936	California	Taxes	Proposition 18: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1936	California	Business	Proposition 22: Retail Store Licensing	Repealed
1932	California	Resources	Proposition 2: No Leases of State-Owned Tide or Beach Lands for Oil Production	Upheld
1932	California	Business	Proposition 1: Crude Oil Regulations	Repealed
1928	California	Taxes	Proposition 8: Motor Vehicle Registration Fees	Upheld
1928	California	Redistricting	Proposition 1: Reapportionment of Legislative Districts	Upheld
1926	California	Business	Proposition 3: Oleomargarine Regulation	Repealed
1922	California	Business	Proposition 24: Regulation of the Practice of Law	Repealed
1922	California	Alcohol	Proposition 2: Alcohol Prohibition	Upheld
1920	California	Property	Proposition 13: Spouse Property RIghts	Repealed
1920	California	Healthcare	Proposition 8: Medicine Regulations	Upheld
1920	California	Banking	Proposition 14: Prohibit Banks as Insurance Agents	Repealed
1920	California	Alcohol	Proposition 2: Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1920	California	Government	Proposition 15: Creation of Irrigation Districts	Upheld
1918	California	Taxes	Proposition 17: Local Tax Limits	Repealed
1916	California	Elections	Proposition 4: Voter Party Affiliation at Polls	Repealed
1915	California	Elections	Proposition 2: Form of Election Ballots	Repealed
1915	California	Elections	Proposition 1: Direct Partisan Primary Elections	Repealed
1914	California	Prostitution	Proposition 4: Red Light District Abatement	Upheld
1914	California	Hunting	Proposition 18: Prohibit Sale of Protected Game Animals	Repealed
1914	California	Government	Proposition 6: Creation of State Water Commission	Upheld
1914	California	Government	Proposition 5: Creation of State Corporation Department	Upheld
1912	California	Salaries	Proposition 5: County Officer Salaries	Repealed
1912	California	Municipal	Proposition 4: County Registar of Voters	Repealed
1912	California	Municipal	Proposition 3: County Government Offices	Repealed

Colorado[edit]

See also: List of Colorado ballot measures and How many veto referendums have there been in Colorado

In Colorado, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the votes last cast for secretary of state
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law or portion of law until the election.^[1]

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2020	Colorado	Elections	Proposition 113: National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Referendum	Upheld
1932	Colorado	Taxes	Measure 2: Oleomargarine Tax Increase	Repealed
1916	Colorado	Healthcare	Measure 1: Regulation of Medical Practice	Upheld
1914	Colorado	Utilities	Measure 9: Financing and Capitalization of Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Business	Measure 10: Regulation of Commission Merchants	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Labor	Measure 11: Employees' Risk of Injury or Death	Upheld
1914	Colorado	Law	Measure 12: Appointment of Peace Officers	Repealed
1914	Colorado	Utilities	Measure 13: Financing and Capitalization of Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Education	Measure 21: Examination of Teachers	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Water	Measure 22: Water Rights and Irrigation	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Food	Measure 23: Branding and Marking of Livestock	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Labor	Measure 25: Eight Hour Workday for Underground Workers	Upheld
1912	Colorado	Education	Measure 26: Teachers' Summer Normal School	Repealed
1912	Colorado	Budgets	Measure 29: Custody and Management of Public Funds	Repealed

Idaho[edit]

See also: List of Idaho ballot measures

In Idaho, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 6 percent of the number of registered voters as of the state's last general election
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2006	Idaho	Labor	Proposition 2: Teachers' Collective Bargaining Restrictions	Repealed
2006	Idaho	Labor	Proposition 1: Teachers' Collective Bargaining Restrictions	Repealed
2006	Idaho	Education	Proposition 3: Online Learning	Repealed
2002	Idaho	Terms	Referendum 1: Ballot Access Requirements	Upheld
1966	Idaho	Taxes	Referendum 1: Adoption of Three Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1966	Idaho	Labor	Referendum 1: Right-to-Work Law	Upheld
1936	Idaho	Taxes	Referendum 1: Adoption of Two Percent Sales Tax	Repealed

Maine[edit]

See also: List of Maine ballot measures

In Maine, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition, which is also called a people's veto

• Signature requirement: 10 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law repealed^[2]
• Result of a no vote: targeted law upheld^[2]
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2020	Maine	Healthcare	Question 1: Religious and Philosophical Vaccination Exemptions Referendum	Upheld
2018	Maine	Elections	Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting Delayed Enactment and Automatic Repeal	Repealed
2011	Maine	Elections	Question 1: Same-Day Registration	Repealed
2010	Maine	Taxes	Question 1: Income and Sales Tax Changes	Repealed
2009	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Same-Sex Marriage	Repealed
2008	Maine	Taxes	Question 1: Insurance Claim Fee and Beverage Tax Increase for Health Fund	Repealed
2005	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Reject Extension of Civil Rights Protections Regardless of Sexual Orientation	Upheld
1998	Maine	LGBT	Question 1: Repeal of Ban Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination	Repealed
1980	Maine	Gambling	Gambling Machines Prohibition	Repealed
1974	Maine	Business	Weight of Commercial Vehicles and Related Provisions	Repealed
1966	Maine	Alcohol	Sunday Liquor Sales	Repealed
1958	Maine	Transportation	Vehicle License and Registration Fees	Repealed
1941	Maine	Taxes	Additional Gasoline Tax	Repealed
1940	Maine	Elections	Question 5, Biddeford Elections	Upheld
1940	Maine	Law	Question 6, Biddeford Police Commission	Upheld
1936	Maine	Hunting	Question 4, Resident Fishing and Hunting Licenses	Upheld
1934	Maine	Alcohol	Transportation of Intoxicating Liquor	Upheld
1932	Maine	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1931	Maine	Administration	State Government Administration	Upheld
1929	Maine	Taxes	Question 2, Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1928	Maine	Taxes	Excise Tax on Railroads	Upheld
1925	Maine	Time	Question 1, Standard Time	Upheld
1925	Maine	Food	Question 2, Grades of Milk	Repealed
1922	Maine	Administration	Full-Time State Highway Commission	Repealed
1920	Maine	Suffrage	Women's Suffrage for Presidential Electors	Upheld
1916	Maine	Labor	Question 1, Employment of Women and Minors	Upheld
1914	Maine	Utilities	Public Utilities Commission	Upheld
1912	Maine	Elections	Question 1, Uniform Ballot Boxes	Upheld
1910	Maine	Alcohol	Standard Percentage of Alcohol in Intoxicating Liquors	Repealed
1910	Maine	Transportation	Portland Bridge Reconstruction	Repealed
1910	Maine	Municipal	Town of Gorges	Repealed

Maryland[edit]

See also: List of Maryland ballot measures

In Maryland, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 3 percent of the gubernatorial vote
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions on non-emergency legislation suspend the targeted law until the election
• Successful veto referendum petitions on emergency legislation do not suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2012	Maryland	Redistricting	Question 5: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Upheld
2012	Maryland	Marriage	Question 6: Same-Sex Civil Marriage	Upheld
2012	Maryland	Education	Question 4: In-State Tuition for Immigrants Without Legal Residence	Upheld
2006	Maryland	Elections	Question 4: Rules Governing State and Local Boards of Elections	Upheld
1992	Maryland	Abortion	Question 6: Prohibit State Involvement in Woman's Abortion Decision Before Viability	Upheld
1988	Maryland	Firearms	Question 3: Prohibit Manufacture and Sale of Certain Handguns	Upheld
1974	Maryland	Education	Question 14: State Services for Private School Students	Repealed
1972	Maryland	Education	Question 18: State Scholarships for Private School Students	Repealed
1970	Maryland	Government	Question 11: Community Development Administration	Repealed
1968	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 4: Prohibit Housing Discrimination	Repealed
1966	Maryland	Transportation	Question 17: Chesapeake Bay Toll Bridge	Repealed
1964	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 5: Discrimination in Public Accommodations	Upheld
1960	Maryland	Water	Question 16: Ratification of Potomac River Compact	Upheld
1950	Maryland	Constitutional rights	Question 7: Sedition and Subversive Activities Code	Upheld
1948	Maryland	Terms	Question 8: Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Term	Repealed
1940	Maryland	Government	Question 9: State Industrial Accident Commission Appointments and Terms	Upheld
1940	Maryland	Government	Question 8: Creation of Commission of Fisheries	Repealed
1938	Maryland	Marriage	Question 4: 48-Hour Waiting Period for Marriages	Upheld

Massachusetts[edit]

See also: List of Massachusetts ballot measures

In Massachusetts, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 1.5 percent of the gubernatorial vote for referendum or 2 percent of the gubernatorial vote to also suspend law
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions may or may not suspend the targeted law until the election depending on the number of valid signatures submitted

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2022	Massachusetts	Immigration	Massachusetts Question 4: Remove Proof of Citizenship or Immigration Status for Driver's License Applications Referendum	Upheld
2018	Massachusetts	LGBT	Massachusetts Question 3: Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Referendum	Upheld
1998	Massachusetts	Utilities	Massachusetts Question 4: Market for Electric Utilities Referendum	Upheld
1994	Massachusetts	Transportation	Massachusetts Question 2: Require Use of Seat Belts in Motor Vehicles Referendum	Upheld
1994	Massachusetts	Education	Massachusetts Question 2: Methods of Levying Fees for Nonpartisan Student Organizations Referendum	Repealed
1988	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 4: Increase Salaries of Government Officials Referendum	Repealed
1986	Massachusetts	Transportation	Massachusetts Question 4: Require Use of Seat Belts in Motor Vehicles Referendum	Repealed
1982	Massachusetts	Business	Massachusetts Question 4: Bottle and Can Regulations Referendum	Upheld
1980	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 4: Increase Salaries of Government Officials Referendum	Repealed
1962	Massachusetts	Taxes	Massachusetts Question 5: Creation of Three Percent Sales Tax Referendum	Upheld
1962	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 6: Increase Salaries of State Legislators Referendum	Repealed
1962	Massachusetts	Salaries	Massachusetts Question 2: Increase Salaries of State Legislators Referendum	Repealed
1944	Massachusetts	Hunting	Massachusetts Question 5: Non-Profits Allowed to Conduct Games of Chance Referendum	Upheld
1934	Massachusetts	Hunting	Massachusetts Question 1: Regulation of Animal Trapping Referendum	Upheld
1924	Massachusetts	Taxes	Massachusetts Question 4: Gas Tax Increase Referendum	Repealed
1924	Massachusetts	Banking	Massachusetts Question 5: Regulation of Foregin Banking Referendum	Upheld
1924	Massachusetts	Alcohol	Massachusetts Question 3: Prohibition of Alcohol Production and Transportation Referendum	Upheld
1922	Massachusetts	Tort	Massachusetts Question 2: Tort Liability for Voluntary Organizations Referendum	Repealed
1922	Massachusetts	Campaigns	Massachusetts Question 5: District Attorney Candidates Required to be Lawyers Referendum	Upheld
1922	Massachusetts	Business	Massachusetts Question 3: Empower State to Censor Movies Referendum	Repealed
1922	Massachusetts	Alcohol	Massachusetts Question 4: State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum	Repealed
1919	Massachusetts	Banking	Massachusetts Question 2: Interst on Bank Savings Referendum	Upheld

Michigan[edit]

See also: List of Michigan ballot measures

In Michigan, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the gubernatorial vote
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election.

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2014	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 1: Hunting Season for Wolves	Repealed
2014	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 2: Commission to Designate Games Species and Hunting Seasons	Repealed
2012	Michigan	Municipal	Proposal 1: Appointment of Municipal Emergency Managers	Repealed
2006	Michigan	Hunting	Proposal 3: Hunting Season for Mourning Doves	Repealed
2002	Michigan	Elections	Proposal 1: Eliminate Straight-Party Ticket Voting	Repealed
1996	Michigan	Gambling	Proposal A: Ban Political Organizations from Conducting Bingo Games	Repealed
1994	Michigan	Insurance	Proposal C: Limits on Auto Insurance Personal Injury Benefits	Repealed
1988	Michigan	Abortion	Proposal A: Prohibit Public Funds for Abortions	Upheld
1968	Michigan	Time	Proposal 2: Use Daylight Saving Time	Repealed
1964	Michigan	Elections	Proposal C: Eliminate Straight-Party Ticket Voting	Repealed

Missouri[edit]

See also: List of Missouri ballot measures

In Missouri, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the gubernatorial vote in two-thirds of the state's congressional districts
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2018	Missouri	Labor	Proposition A: Right-to-Work Law	Repealed
1982	Missouri	Transportation	Proposition 1: Allow Larger Commercial Vehicles on State Highways	Repealed
1970	Missouri	Taxes	Proposition 1: State Income Tax Increase	Repealed
1970	Missouri	Pension	Proposition 1: Increase State Employee Retirement Benefits	Repealed
1950	Missouri	Taxes	Referendum: Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1938	Missouri	Taxes	Proposition 5: Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 10: Reduce the Number of Judicial Circuits	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 15: Prohibit Additional Justices of the Peace in Townships Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 14: Laws Governing Justices of the Peace in Cities Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Judiciary	Proposition 13: Elimination of Justices of the Peace in Cities Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Redistricting	Proposition 17: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Labor	Proposition 11: Creation of Workers' Compensation System	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Education	Proposition 12: Provide for County-Level School Districts and Boards of Education	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 16: Elimination of Constables in Townships Based on Population	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 8: Creation of Supervisor of Public Welfare	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 7: Abolish the Office of State Beverage Inspector	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 9: Creation of State Department of Agriculture	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 5: Creation of State Department of Budget	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 4: Creation of State Department of Labor	Repealed
1922	Missouri	Government	Proposition 6: Abolish the Office of State Inspector of Oils	Repealed
1920	Missouri	Labor	Proposition 14: System of Workers Compensation	Repealed
1920	Missouri	Alcohol	Proposition 13: Alcohol Prohibition Enforcement	Upheld
1914	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 12: St. Louis Mayor to Appoint Police Commissioners	Repealed
1914	Missouri	Municipal	Proposition 11: St. Louis Mayor to Appoint Excise Commissioners	Repealed
1914	Missouri	Business	Proposition 9: Minimum Size of Train Crews	Repealed
1914	Missouri	Alcohol	Proposition 10: Counties to Determine Local Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed

Montana[edit]

See also: List of Montana ballot measures

In Montana, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of total votes cast for the office of governor in the last gubernatorial election and 5 percent from one-third of legislative districts for a referendum and 5 percent of total votes cast for governor with at least 15 percent from a majority of the legislative representative districts to suspend the law until the election
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions may or may not suspend the targeted law until the election depending on the number of signatures verified

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2012	Montana	Marijuana	IR-124: Medical Marijuana	Upheld
2002	Montana	Energy	IR-117: Electrical Deregulation Changes	Repealed
1998	Montana	Campaigns	IR-114: Corporate Contributions to Ballot Issues	Upheld
1994	Montana	Taxes	IR-112: State Income Tax Increase	Repealed
1958	Montana	Alcohol	IR-59: Liquor Tax	Upheld
1938	Montana	Alcohol	IR-40: Retail Sales of Alcohol	Upheld
1936	Montana	Marriage	IR-36: Health Certificates Required for Marriage	Repealed
1936	Montana	Insurance	IR-37: State Insurance for Public Buildings	Repealed
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-13: Direct Nomination of Candidates for Public Office	Repealed
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-15: Amending the Direct Primaries Law	Repealed
1920	Montana	Elections	IR-16: Repeal of the Presidential Preferential Primaries Law	Repealed
1914	Montana	Elections	IR-6: Establish Athletic Commission	Repealed
1912	Montana	Militia	IR 300-301: Organization of State Militia	Repealed

Nebraska[edit]

See also: List of Nebraska ballot measures

In Nebraska, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of registered voters for a referendum and 10 percent to suspend the law until voters decide the law's fate
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation.
• Successful veto referendum petitions on non-emergency legislation suspend the targeted law until the election.
• Successful veto referendum petitions on emergency legislation do not suspend the targeted law until the election.

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2024	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 435: Private Education Scholarship Program Referendum	Repealed
2016	Nebraska	Death Penalty	Measure 426: Prohibit Use of Death Penalty	Repealed
2006	Nebraska	Education	Measure 422: Dissolution of Class I School Districts	Repealed
1990	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Taxes to Increase State Funding for Schools	Upheld
1986	Nebraska	Transportation	Referendum 2: Require Use of Seat Belts in Vehicles	Repealed
1986	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: School District Consolidation	Repealed
1978	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Increase State Funding for Schools	Repealed
1974	Nebraska	Education	Referendum 1: Increase State Funding for Schools	Repealed
1966	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 1: State Income Tax Law	Repealed
1950	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 2: Repeal of Vehicle Registration Fee Increase	Upheld
1950	Nebraska	Taxes	Referendum 1: Repeal Gas Tax Increase	Upheld
1922	Nebraska	Labor	Referendum 2: Anti-Picketing Law	Upheld
1922	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 3: Voter Registration Law	Repealed
1922	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 3: Eliminate Direct Primaries	Repealed
1922	Nebraska	Banking	Referendum 1: Authorization of Bank Charters	Upheld
1920	Nebraska	Elections	Referendum 1: Party Nominating Conventions	Repealed
1914	Nebraska	Militia	Referendum 2: Construction of Town Armories	Repealed
1914	Nebraska	Labor	Referendum 1: Payment of Workmen's Compensation Claims	Upheld

Nevada[edit]

See also: List of Nevada ballot measures

In Nevada, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 10 percent on the total number of votes cast in the preceding general election
• Result of a yes or for vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no or against vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions do not suspend the targeted law until the election
• In Nevada, voter approval of a targeted bill is known as a statute affirmation and prohibits future legislatures from amending or repealing the bill without voter approval.

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
1990	Nevada	Abortion	Question 7: 24-Weeks Abortion Ban	Upheld
1956	Nevada	Taxes	Question 8: Sales and Use Tax Law	Upheld

New Mexico[edit]

See also: List of New Mexico ballot measures

In New Mexico, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 10 percent of registered voters for a referendum and 25 percent to suspend the law until voters decide the law's fate
• Successful veto referendum petitions may or may not suspend the targeted law until the election depending on the number of signatures verified.^[1]
• In New Mexico, a veto referendum's repeal option needs to receive at least 40 percent of the total votes cast at the election.
• Result of a yes or for vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no or against vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
1964	New Mexico	Elections	Referendum: Nominating Conventions for Candidates Referendum	Upheld
1950	New Mexico	Elections	Referendum: Nominating Conventions for Candidates Referendum	Upheld
1930	New Mexico	Taxes	Referendum: Two-Cent Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed

North Dakota[edit]

See also: List of North Dakota ballot measures

In North Dakota, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 2 percent of the state population at last decennial census
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Allows for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions on non-emergency legislation suspend the targeted law until the election
• Successful veto referendum petitions on emergency legislation do not suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2016	North Dakota	Business	Measure 1: Corporate Dairy and Swine Farming Referendum, Referred Measure 1	Repealed
2012	North Dakota	Symbols	Measure 4: North Dakota University to Drop "Fighting Sioux" Nickname and Logo	Upheld
2002	North Dakota	Banking	Measure 2: Financial Information Disclosure	Repealed
1996	North Dakota	Labor	Measure 9: Workers' Compensation Permanent Impairment Awards	Upheld
1944	North Dakota	Transportation	Measure 2: Require Use of Seat Belts	Upheld
1992	North Dakota	Business	Measure 2: Businesses Allowed to Open After Noon on Sundays	Upheld
1992	North Dakota	Labor	Measure 3: Final Offer Resolutions for School Board-Teacher Mediations	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Transportation	Require Use of Seat Belts	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Sales Tax Increase	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Increase	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Taxes	Increase State Income Tax	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Pension	State Legislators' Retirement Plan	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Gambling	Electronic Video Gaming Gambling	Repealed
1989	North Dakota	Education	School District Healthcare Education Programs	Repealed
1988	North Dakota	Taxes	Tax on Cable Television and Video Programming Services	Repealed
1987	North Dakota	Taxes	Income Tax Increase and Required Withholding	Upheld
1984	North Dakota	Education	Change Name of Minot State College to Dakota Northwestern University	Repealed
1980	North Dakota	Parks	Purchase Cross Ranch for Veterans Memorial State Park	Repealed
1980	North Dakota	Elections	Provide for Presidential Preference Primary	Upheld
1980	North Dakota	Elections	Revisions to State Election Code	Repealed
1978	North Dakota	Resources	Sale of Dickinson Experiment Station Land	Upheld
1973	North Dakota	Redistricting	State Legislative Apportionment Plan	Repealed
1971	North Dakota	Budgets	Department of Accounts and Purchases Appropriation for 1971-1973 Biennium	Upheld
1970	North Dakota	Government	Construction of Multipurpose Building on Grounds of State Capitol	Repealed
1968	North Dakota	Business	Remove Prohibition on Corporations Engaging in Farming	Repealed
1966	North Dakota	Elections	New Residents Allowed to Vote in Presidential Elections	Upheld
1965	North Dakota	Taxes	Changes to Income, Property, and Sales Taxes	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Allow Cities to Impose Tax for Urban Renewal Projects	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Raise Limit on School District Taxes	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Employers to Withhold Income Taxes from Paychecks of Non-Resident Employees	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Adjustment to Graduated Income Tax	Repealed
1963	North Dakota	Taxes	Adjustment to Income Tax Exemptions and Credits	Repealed
1962	North Dakota	Taxes	Limit on County Taxes	Repealed
1960	North Dakota	Redistricting	Replace At-Large Congressional Districs with Two Districs	Upheld
1960	North Dakota	Business	Reduce Required Number of Crewmen on Long Freight Trains	Upheld
1960	North Dakota	Banking	Allow for Small Loan Businesses	Upheld
1956	North Dakota	Taxes	Annual Fee for Trading Stamp Issuing	Repealed
1956	North Dakota	Taxes	Allow Counties to Increase Tax Levies	Repealed
1952	North Dakota	Transportation	Allow the Use of Parking Meters	Repealed
1950	North Dakota	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1948	North Dakota	Labor	Right-to-Work Law	Upheld
1948	North Dakota	Labor	Vote Requirement for Labor Strikes	Upheld
1946	North Dakota	Taxes	Increases Taxable Assessed Values of Properties	Repealed
1942	North Dakota	Food	Require Posting of Butterfat Prices at Creameries	Upheld
1939	North Dakota	Government	Elimination of Grain Storage Commissioner	Repealed
1938	North Dakota	Taxes	Volume-Based License Fees for Creameries	Repealed
1938	North Dakota	Alcohol	Prohibit Dancing Where Liquor Sales are Allowed	Upheld
1936	North Dakota	Taxes	Weighing and Grading Livestock Charges	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Taxes	Graduated Income Tax and Other Conditions	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Municipal	Increase Jurisdiction of Police Magistrates	Repealed
1936	North Dakota	Alcohol	Municipal Liquor Stores	Repealed
1935	North Dakota	Taxes	Two Percent Sales Tax	Upheld
1933	North Dakota	Taxes	Two-Year Sales Tax	Repealed
1933	North Dakota	Banking	Changes in Administration of Closed Banks	Repealed
1933	North Dakota	Government	Removal of Workmen's Compensation Bureau Commissioner	Repealed
1932	North Dakota	Taxes	Gas Tax Increase	Repealed
1930	North Dakota	Banking	Elimination of Depositors' Guarantee Fund	Upheld
1930	North Dakota	Government	Change Three-Member Game and Fish Commission to One-Person Commissioner	Upheld
1924	North Dakota	Taxes	Settlement of Taxes on Bank Stocks	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Apportionment of Party Central Committees Based on Presidential Vote	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Nonpartisan State and Local Elections	Repealed
1924	North Dakota	Elections	Move Presidential Primaries from June to March	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Elections	Allow Women Living Half-Mile from Poll to Vote Absentee	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Municipal	Removal of County Seats	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Sheriff's Office	Repealed
1920	North Dakota	Government	Creation of Investigation Committee	Repealed
1919	North Dakota	Judiciary	Reduce Number of Judicial Districts	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Banking	Creation of Bank of North Dakota	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Change Three-Member Tax Commission to One-Person Tax Commissioner	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Printing Commission	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Industrial Commission	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of Commissioner of Immigration	Upheld
1919	North Dakota	Government	Creation of State Board of Administration	Upheld
1916	North Dakota	Taxes	Mill Tax for Terminal Elevators	Upheld
1916	North Dakota	Alcohol	Crime of Bootlegging	Upheld

Ohio[edit]

See also: List of Ohio ballot measures

In Ohio, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 6 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election.^[1]

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2011	Ohio	Labor	Issue 2: Limits on Collective Bargaining for Public Employees	Repealed
2008	Ohio	Banking	Issue 5: Short-Term Loan Interest Cap	Upheld
1997	Ohio	Labor	Issue 2: Worker's Compensation Benefits Reduction	Repealed
1939	Ohio	Civil	Referendum 1: Civil Service Provisions	Repealed
1927	Ohio	Salaries	Referendum 1: Compensation for Justices of the Peace and Mayors	Repealed
1923	Ohio	Budgets	Referendum 1: Local Government Budget Systems	Repealed
1923	Ohio	Municipal	Referendum 2: Counties Responsible for Property Taxation	Repealed
1920	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 1: State Alcohol Prohibition	Upheld
1919	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 2: State Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1919	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 1: Ratification of Federal Alcohol Prohibition	Repealed
1917	Ohio	Suffrage	Referendum 1: Right of Women to Vote for President	Repealed
1915	Ohio	Redistricting	Referendum 1: Congressional Redistricting Maps	Repealed
1915	Ohio	Alcohol	Referendum 2: Alcohol Transportation Licenses	Repealed

Oklahoma[edit]

See also: List of Oklahoma ballot measures

In Oklahoma, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the votes last cast for governor.
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
  • For veto referendums from 1910 through 1933, a "yes" vote was to repeal the targeted law, and a "no" vote was to uphold it.
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law or part of law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
1970	Oklahoma	Elections	State Question 464: Election Machines	Repealed
1970	Oklahoma	Budgets	State Question 469: Interest Rates and Treasurer Duties	Repealed
1966	Oklahoma	Redistricting	State Question 437: Congressional Districts	Repealed
1964	Oklahoma	Executives	State Question 420: Gubernatorial Appointment Authority	Repealed
1960	Oklahoma	Taxes	State Question 395: State Withholding Tax	Repealed
1954	Oklahoma	Transportation	State Question 359: Turnpike Operation	Upheld
1954	Oklahoma	Transportation	State Question 360: Turnpike Operation	Upheld
1938	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 216: Vending Machines	Repealed
1938	Oklahoma	Taxes	State Question 236: Taxation of Oleomargarine	Repealed
1938	Oklahoma	Government	State Question 238: State Oil Inspectors Appointment, Duties, Powers, and Compensation	Repealed
1933	Oklahoma	Tobacco	State Question 179: Cigarette Taxes	Repealed
1933	Oklahoma	Government	State Quetion 184: State Board of Equalization Powers and Duties	Repealed
1932	Oklahoma	Food	State Question 164: Sale of Oleomargarine	Upheld
1926	Oklahoma	Business	State Question 135: Labels on Products Made by Convicts	Upheld
1926	Oklahoma	Education	State Question 137: Public School Textbooks	Upheld
1920	Oklahoma	Healthcare	State Question 94: Chiropractor Regulations	Repealed
1914	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 61: Prohibition of Gambling and Pool Halls	Upheld
1914	Oklahoma	Gambling	State Question 62: Prohibition on Slot Machines	Upheld
1913	Oklahoma	Labor	State Question 47: Mine Inspector, Mine Phone System, and Bathhouse Requirements	Repealed
1910	Oklahoma	Elections	State Question 21: State Conduct of General Elections	Upheld

Oregon[edit]

See also: List of Oregon ballot measures

In Oregon, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 4 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2018	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 101: Healthcare Insurance Premiums Tax for Medicaid Referendum	Upheld
2014	Oregon	Immigration	Measure 88: Alternative Driver Licenses for Persons Without Legal Residence	Repealed
2010	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 66: Income Tax Increase	Upheld
2010	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 67: Corporate Minimum Tax Increase	Upheld
2004	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 30: Income Tax Surcharge	Repealed
2000	Oregon	Utilities	Measure 90: Returns on Investments for Utilities	Repealed
2000	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 82: Eliminate Truck Weight-Mile Tax and Increase Fuel Taxes	Repealed
1998	Oregon	Marijuana	Measure 57: Marijuana Possession as a Class C Misdemeanor	Repealed
1996	Oregon	Bonds	Measure 32: Lottery Bonds for Portland Regional Light Rail	Repealed
1990	Oregon	Pension	Measure 3: PERS Pension Tax Exemption Repeal and Additional Benefits	Repealed
1978	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 3: Vehicle Registration and Fee Increases	Repealed
1976	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 8: Motor Fuel and Commercial Vehicle Tax Increases	Repealed
1974	Oregon	Business	Measure 13: Crime to Distribute or Exhibit Obscene Material	Upheld
1972	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 6: Enact a Vehicle Registration Tax	Repealed
1972	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Tax on Cigarettes	Upheld
1963	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Revision of Personal and Corporate Income Taxes	Repealed
1960	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 14: Lower State Income Taxes and Eliminate Federal Income Tax Deductions	Repealed
1956	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 6: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1952	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 10: Motor Carrier Transportation Tax Increase	Upheld
1952	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 12: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1952	Oregon	Education	Measure 11: School District Reorganization	Repealed
1950	Oregon	Welfare	Measure 5: Public Medical Assistance for Needy Aged Persons	Repealed
1950	Oregon	Time	Measure 6: Uniform Standard Time	Upheld
1948	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: One-Year Tax Increase for Expenditures	Repealed
1948	Oregon	Energy	Measure 4: Licensing and Acquisition Provisions of the Hydroelectric Commission	Repealed
1947	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 2: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1946	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 7: Ban on Commercial Fishing in Nestucca Bay and Coastal Streams	Upheld
1944	Oregon	Alcohol	Measure 7: State Sales of Alcohol	Upheld
1942	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 5: Tax on Cigarettes	Repealed
1942	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 6: Prohibition of Net Fishing on Coastal Waters	Repealed
1940	Oregon	Elections	Measure 5: Move Primary Nominating Elections from May to September	Repealed
1940	Oregon	Alcohol	Measure 6: Require Licenses for Alcohol Sales	Repealed
1938	Oregon	Gambling	Measure 5: Seizure and Destruction of Slot Machines	Upheld
1938	Oregon	Gambling	Measure 6: Ban on Games of Chance	Upheld
1936	Oregon	Welfare	Measure 1: Reduce Eligibility Age for Old Age Public Assistance	Repealed
1936	Oregon	Education	Measure 4: Student Activity Fees	Repealed
1934	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 5: Sales Tax Increase for Education Funding	Repealed
1934	Oregon	Energy	Measure 1: State Development of Hydroelectricity	Repealed
1933	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 9: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1932	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 4: Tax on Oleomargarine	Repealed
1932	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 6: Higher Education Appropriations	Repealed
1932	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 5: Ban on Commercial Fishing on the Rogue River	Repealed
1930	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 9: Graduated Income Tax	Upheld
1930	Oregon	Judiciary	Measure 8: Additional Circuit Court Judges	Repealed
1927	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 12: Angling Only on Nestucca Bay	Upheld
1927	Oregon	Government	Measure 11: State Tax Commission to Administer Assessment and Tax Laws	Repealed
1926	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 12: Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes	Repealed
1926	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 13: Bus and Truck Licenses Taxes	Upheld
1926	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 14: Appropriation of 10 Percent of Board Receipts to General Fund	Repealed
1924	Oregon	Business	Measure 4: Oleomargarine Prohibition	Repealed
1923	Oregon	Taxes	Measure 1: Provide for Income Tax	Upheld
1920	Oregon	Business	Measure 3: Regulation of Oleomargarine	Repealed
1918	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 4: Salmon Fishing Seasons for Commercial Fishing on the Willamette River	Upheld
1918	Oregon	Fishing	Measure 3: Ban on Seine and Set-Net Fishing in the Rogue River	Repealed
1913	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 1: Creation of State University Repair Fund	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 2: Appropriate $100,000 for the University of Oregon	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Law	Measure 3: State-Ordered Sterilization of Criminals	Repealed
1913	Oregon	Municipal	Measure 4: District Attorney for Every County	Upheld
1913	Oregon	Government	Measure 5: Creation of State Industrial Accident Commission	Upheld
1912	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 37: Appropriations for the University of Oregon	Repealed
1912	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 36: Appropriations for the University of Oregon	Repealed
1912	Oregon	Business	Measure 8: Public Corporations and Utilities Regulated by Railroad Commission	Upheld
1910	Oregon	Salaries	Measure 8: Baker County Required to Provide Additional Judge Salary	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Transportation	Measure 6: Free Rail Transportation for State Officers	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 8: Appropriate $125,000 for the University of Oregon	Upheld
1908	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 7: Appropriate $100,000 for Building Armories	Repealed
1908	Oregon	Prisons	Measure 5: Prison Labor and Compensation Rules	Upheld
1906	Oregon	Budgets	Measure 1: Funding for Psychiatric Hospitals, Schools, and Prisons	Upheld

South Dakota[edit]

See also: List of South Dakota ballot measures

In South Dakota, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 5 percent of the votes last cast for governor
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2024	South Dakota	Energy	Referred Law 21: Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Referendum	Repealed
2016	South Dakota	Elections	Referred Law 19: Independent Candidates Election Law	Repealed
2016	South Dakota	Minimum Wage	Referred Law 20: Decreased Youth Minimum Wage	Repealed
2012	South Dakota	Taxes	Referred Law 14: Tax Revenues for Grants	Repealed
2012	South Dakota	Labor	Referred Law 16: Teachers Union	Repealed
2010	South Dakota	Tobacco	Referendum 12: Smoking Ban	Upheld
2006	South Dakota	Tobacco	Referendum 6: Abortion Ban	Repealed
1998	South Dakota	Government	Referendum 2: Unclaimed Property Office	Repealed
1994	South Dakota	Transportation	Referendum 2: Use of Seat Belts	Upheld
1993	South Dakota	Gambling	Referendum 1: Deadwood Gambling	Repealed
1992	South Dakota	Utilities	Referendum 1: Lonetree Waste Facility	Repealed
1988	South Dakota	Business	Referendum 4: Telecommunications Deregulation	Upheld
1980	South Dakota	Hunting	Referendum 1: Mourning Dove Hunting	Upheld
1968	South Dakota	Time	Referendum 1: Daylight Saving Time	Repealed
1968	South Dakota	Education	Referendum 2: School District Reorganization	Upheld
1964	South Dakota	American Indians	Indian Jurisdiction Referendum	Repealed
1964	South Dakota	Labor	Unemployment Compensation Referendum	Repealed
1964	South Dakota	Elections	Voter Registration Referendum	Repealed
1956	South Dakota	Veterans	State Soldiers' Home Referendum	Repealed
1948	South Dakota	Alcohol	Liquor Labeling Referendum	Repealed
1946	South Dakota	Business	Regulate Hospitals Referendum	Upheld
1942	South Dakota	Bonds	Oil and Gas Bond Referendum	Repealed
1940	South Dakota	Government	Unemployment Compensation Commission Referendum	Repealed
1938	South Dakota	Government	Unemployment Compensation Commission Referendum	Repealed
1934	South Dakota	Government	Abolish Railroad Commission Referendum	Repealed
1932	South Dakota	Education	Teachers' Colleges Referendum	Repealed
1932	South Dakota	Taxes	Butter Substitute Tax Referendum	Upheld
1930	South Dakota	Transportation	Motor Vehicle Registration Referendum	Repealed
1926	South Dakota	Budgets	Depositors Guarantee Fund Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Agriculture	Amend Public Warehouses Law Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Municipal	Attach Todd County to Tripp County Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Elections	Nonpolitical Judicial Elections Referendum	Repealed
1924	South Dakota	Elections	Primary Elections Law Referendum	Repealed
1920	South Dakota	Alcohol	Amending Prohibition Referendum	Repealed
1916	South Dakota	Business	Liquor Permits Issuance Referendum	Repealed
1916	South Dakota	Trials	Non-unanimous Jury Verdicts Referendum	Repealed
1914	South Dakota	Education	Northern Normal School Course of Study Referendum	Repealed
1912	South Dakota	Transportation	Measure 2, Headlights on Locomotives Required	Upheld
1912	South Dakota	Tort	Measure 3, Damages for Trespass of Animals	Upheld
1912	South Dakota	Municipal	Measure 4, Removal of County Seats	Upheld
1910	South Dakota	Transportation	Headlights on Locomotives Required Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Executive	Removal of State and Local Officers Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Business	Embalmer Licensing Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Redistricting	Congressional Districts Creation Referendum	Repealed
1910	South Dakota	Militia	State Militia Organization Referendum	Repealed
1908	South Dakota	Divorce	Action for Divorce Referendum	Upheld
1908	South Dakota	Hunting	Protection of Quail Referendum	Upheld
1908	South Dakota	Sunday	Against Sunday Performance Referendum	Upheld

Utah[edit]

See also: List of Utah ballot measures

In Utah, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 8 percent of registered voters on January 1 after the previous general election
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2007	Utah	Education	Referendum 1: School Vouchers	Repealed
1974	Utah	Property	Referendum 1: Land Use Act	Repealed
1954	Utah	Education	Referendum A: Abolishment of Carbon College	Repealed
1954	Utah	Education	Referendum B: Dixie, Snow and Weber Colleges as Private Organizations	Repealed

Washington[edit]

See also: List of Washington ballot measures

In Washington, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 4 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law upheld
• Result of a no vote: targeted law repealed
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
2020	Washington	Education	Referendum 90: Sex Education in Public Schools Measure	Upheld
2019	Washington	Affirmative action	Referendum 88: Vote on I-1000 Affirmative Action Measure	Repealed
2012	Washington	Marriage	Referendum 74: Same-Sex Marriage	Upheld
2009	Washington	Marriage	Referendum 71: Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities	Upheld
2007	Washington	Business	Referendum 67: Triple Damages for Unreasonable Insurance Denials	Upheld
2004	Washington	Education	Referendum 55: Charter School Authorization	Repealed
2002	Washington	Welfare	Referendum 53: Unemployment Insurance	Repealed
1995	Washington	Property	Referendum 48: Land Use	Repealed
1977	Washington	Government	Referendum 40: Establishment of a State Women's Commission	Repealed
1977	Washington	Suffrage	Referendum 39: Voter Registration by Mail	Repealed
1973	Washington	Alcohol	Referendum 36: Minimum Drinking Age Act	Repealed
1968	Washington	Constitutional rights	Referendum 35: Non-Discrimination by Real Estate Brokers Act	Upheld
1964	Washington	Gambling	Referendum 34: Cardrooms and Bingo Act	Repealed
1962	Washington	Budgets	Referendum 33: Private Audits of Municipal Accounts	Repealed
1962	Washington	Food	Referendum 32: Milk Marketing	Repealed
1958	Washington	Taxes	Referendum 30: Inheritance Tax on Insurance	Repealed
1950	Washington	Healthcare	Referendum 28: Disability Compensation	Repealed
1946	Washington	Resources	Referendum 27: State Timber Resources Board	Repealed
1946	Washington	Government	Referendum 26: Appointment of Game Commissioners	Repealed
1944	Washington	Utilities	Referendum 25: Public Utility Districts	Repealed
1942	Washington	Judiciary	Referendum 24: Duties of Prosecuting Attorneys	Repealed
1942	Washington	Judiciary	Referendum 23: Legal Advisor for Grand Juries	Repealed
1942	Washington	Insurance	Referendum 22: Industrial Insurance	Upheld
1934	Washington	Energy	Referendum 18: Municipal Energy	Upheld
1924	Washington	Food	Referendum 16: Prohibition of Butter Substitutes	Repealed
1922	Washington	Elections	Referendum 15: Party Conventions	Repealed
1922	Washington	Elections	Referendum 14: Primary Nominations and Registration	Repealed
1922	Washington	Works	Referendum 13: Physical Examination of School Children	Repealed
1922	Washington	Works	Referendum 12: Issuance of Public Works Certificates	Repealed
1918	Washington	Alcohol	Referendum 10: Bone Dry	Upheld
1916	Washington	Budgets	Referendum 9: State and Local Budgets	Repealed
1916	Washington	Transportation	Referendum 8: Port Districts	Repealed
1916	Washington	Business	Referendum 7: Public Necessity and Convenience Certificate for Utilities	Repealed
1916	Washington	Labor	Referendum 6: Anti-Picketing	Repealed
1916	Washington	Elections	Referendum 5: Party Conventions	Repealed
1916	Washington	Recall	Referendum 4: Recall of Elected Officers	Repealed
1916	Washington	Direct Democracy	Referendum 3: Initiative and Referendum Fraud Prevention	Repealed
1914	Washington	Water	Referendum 2: Quincy Valley Irrigation	Repealed
1914	Washington	Pension	Referendum 1: Teacher's Retirement Fund	Repealed

Wyoming[edit]

See also: List of Wyoming ballot measures

In Wyoming, bills passed by the state legislature can be put before voters through a veto referendum petition.

• Signature requirement: 15 percent of the total ballots cast in the previous general election
• Result of a yes vote: targeted law repealed
• Result of a no vote: targeted law upheld
• Does not allow for veto referendums on emergency legislation
• Does not allow for veto referendums on legislation that dedicates revenue, makes appropriations, or to local or special legislation
• Successful veto referendum petitions suspend the targeted law until the election

Year	State	Subject	Measure	Outcome for target law
1996	Wyoming	Terms	Wyoming Term Limits Referendum	Upheld

See also[edit]

• Veto referendum
• States with referendum only
• Forms of direct democracy in the American states

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