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The following is a list of statewide initiatives and referendums modifying state law and proposing state constitutional amendments in Oklahoma, sorted by election.

## 2000s

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### 2004

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November 2004 general election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 711 |  Yes  | 1,075,216  | 75.58  | 347,303  | 24.42  | defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, bans same-sex marriage

## 2010s

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### 2010

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November 2010 general election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 744 |  No  | 189,164  | 18.59  | 828,589  | 81.41  | mandated that the Oklahoma Legislature spend no less than the average amount spent by "neighboring states" (those states which border Oklahoma: Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico) on "common education" (defined as grades pre-kindergarten through high school) on an annual, per-student basis. If the surrounding-state average ever declined, the legislature would be required to spend the same amount as it did the year before. The measure required that increased spending begin in the first fiscal year after its passage and that the surrounding-state average be met in the third fiscal year after passage.
State Question 746 |  Yes  | 746,053  | 74.34  | 257,523  | 25.66  | requires that each person appearing to vote present a document proving their identity.
State Question 747 |  Yes  | 695,592  | 69.88  | 299,789  | 30.12  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution by placing term limits on all Statewide elected officials. All officials would be allowed to serve no more two terms in office. Terms served need not be consecutive for the limits to apply.
State Question 748 |  Yes  | 567,288  | 58.42  | 403,733  | 41.58  | Changes Apportionment Commission's name to the Bipartisan Commission on Legislative Apportionment and would increase the number of members from three to seven. The President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate would appoint one Democrat and one Republican, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives would appoint one Democrat and one Republican, and the Governor of Oklahoma would appoint one Democrat and one Republican. The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma would chair the commission and would be a nonvoting member. It requires orders of redistricting to be signed by at least four members of the commission.
State Question 750 |  Yes  | 485,703  | 50.40  | 478,042  | 49.60  | changes the number of signatures required for initiative and referendum petitions
State Question 751 |  Yes  | 740,918  | 75.54  | 239,904  | 24.46  | adding a new Article to the Constitution. That Article would deal with the State's official actions. It dictates the language to be used in taking official State actions must be the English language. However, it allows for Native American languages could also be used and, when Federal law so requires, other languages could also be used.
State Question 752 |  Yes  | 606,805  | 62.83  | 358,925  | 37.17  | adds two at-large members to the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission.
State Question 754 |  No  | 361,907  | 37.08  | 614,219  | 62.92  | amends Constitution to specify that the Constitution could not have required the Oklahoma Legislature to fund state functions based on: Predetermined constitutional formulas, How much other states spend on a function, and How much any entity spends on a function. In opposition to aforementioned SQ744
State Question 755 |  Yes  | 695,650  | 70.08  | 296,944  | 29.92  | requires courts to rely solely on federal and state law when deciding cases. It forbids courts from considering or using international law or using Sharia.[1]
State Question 756 |  Yes  | 638,530  | 64.73  | 347,956  | 35.27  | prohibits making a person participate in a health care system, prohibits making an employer participate in a health care system, and prohibits making a health care provider provide treatment in a health care system. It would allow persons and employees to pay for treatment directly, it would allow a health care provider to accept payment for treatment directly, it would allow the purchase of health care insurance in private health care systems, and it would allow the sale of health insurance in private health care systems.
State Question 757 |  Yes  | 499,287  | 51.02  | 479,353  | 48.98  | amends Section 23 of Article 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution. It would increase the amount of surplus revenue which goes into the Constitutional Reserve Fund. The amount would go from 10% to 15% of the funds certified as going to the General Revenue fund for the preceding fiscal year.

### 2018

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June 2018 primary election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 788 |  Yes  | 507,582  | 56.9  | 385,176  | 43.1  | to legalize the licensed use, sale, and growth of marijuana in Oklahoma for medical purposes.
November 2018 general election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 793 |  No  | 580,341  | 49.76  | 585,928  | 50.24  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow optometrists to practice within a mercantile establishment.
State Question 794 |  Yes  | 905,195  | 78.01  | 255,230  | 21.99  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution to expand the rights of victims of crime.
State Question 798 |  No  | 528,614  | 45.91  | 622,863  | 54.09  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution to provide that the governor and lieutenant governor be jointly elected.
State Question 800 |  No  | 488,612  | 42.78  | 653,630  | 57.22  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution to create a new trust fund consisting of a portion of all taxes collected against the extraction of oil and gas resources.
State Question 801 |  No  | 572,811  | 49.6  | 581,989  | 50.4  | amend the Oklahoma Constitution to allow voters within a local school district to expand the permissible use of property taxes to include school operations rather than just for school buildings.

## 2020s

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### 2020

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See also: 2020 Oklahoma elections

June 2020 primary election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 802 |  Yes  | 340,572  | 50.49%  | 334,019  | 49.51%  | Amends State Constitution to expand Medicaid to adults between 18 and 65 whose income is 133% of the federal poverty level or below under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
November 2020 general election  Proposal  | Passed  | YES votes  | YES %  | NO votes  | NO %  | Description

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State Question 805 |  No  | 588,280  | 38.92%  | 923,328  | 61.08%  | Prohibits former felony convictions from being considered for calculating future punishments
State Question 814 |  No  | 615,161  | 41.21%  | 877,432  | 58.79%  | Decreases payments to Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund from 75% to 25%, directs legislature to use money from fund to secure federal matching funds for state's Medicaid program

## References

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1. ^ Dwyer Arce (November 3, 2010). "Oklahoma voters ban use of Islamic, international law in state court decisions". JURIST - Paper Chase.

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