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2024 Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Criminal Justice

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Arizona	State Statue: Criminal Conviction Fee for First Responder Death Financial Benefit	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Arizona	State Statue: Life Imprisonment for Child Sex-Trafficking	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 36: Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Colorado	Amendment I: Remove Right to Bail in First Degree Murder Cases Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Colorado	Proposition 128: Eligibility for Parole	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Colorado	Proposition 130: Funding for Law Enforcement	Passed
Aug. 6, 2024	Missouri	Amendment 4: Allow Legislature to Require a City to Increase Funding without State Reimbursement for a Police Force Established by State Board Measure	Passed

Economy and Fiscal

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 32: $18 Minimum Wage	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	Massachusetts	Question 5: Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees Initiative	Failed

Education

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Arkansas	Amendment: A Constitutional Amendment to Provide that Lottery Proceeds may be Used to Fund or Provide Scholarships and Grants to Arkansas Citizens Enrolled in Vocational-Technical Schools and Technical Institutes	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 2: Public Education Facilities Bond	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Florida	Amendment: Florida Amendment 1, Partisan School Board Elections Amendment	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	Indiana	Amendment: Indiana Remove Superintendent of Public Instruction from Gubernatorial Line of Succession Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Kentucky	Amendment: Kentucky Allow State Funding for Non-Public Education Amendment	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	New Mexico	Question 3: New Mexico Public Education Bond Issue	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Nevada	Question 1: Nevada Question 1, Remove Constitutional Status of Board of Regents Amendment	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	Utah	Amendment 2: Utah State School Fund Distribution Cap Increase Amendment	Passed

Government Operations

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	New Mexico	Amendment 4: New Mexico County Officer Salaries Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Oregon	Amendment 2: Oregon Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment	Failed

Health and Health Care

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
March 5, 2024	California	Proposition 1: California Proposition 1, the Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 34: Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 35: Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Colorado	Amendment 79: Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Illinois	Question 1: Illinois Assisted Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Question	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Massachusetts	Question 4: Regulated Access to Psychedelic Substances Initiative	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	South Dakota	Amendment F: South Dakota Medicaid Work Requirement Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	West Virginia	Measure: West Virginia Amendment 1, Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure	Passed

Housing and Property

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Arizona	State Statue: Property Tax Refund for Non-Enforcement of Public Nuisance Laws	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 5: California Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Special Taxes to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	California	Proposition 33: California Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	Florida	Amendment: Florida Amendment 5, Annual Inflation Adjustment for Homestead Property Tax Exemption Value Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Georgia	Amendment 1: Georgia Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Georgia	Referendum A: Georgia Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Missouri	Amendment 1: Missouri Property Tax Exemption for Childcare Establishments Amendment	Failed
Nov. 5, 2024	New Mexico	Amendment 1: New Mexico Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	New Mexico	Amendment 2: New Mexico Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Virginia	Amendment: Virginia Property Tax Exemption for Veterans and Surviving Spouses Amendment	Passed
Nov. 5, 2024	Wyoming	Amendment: Wyoming Property Tax on Residential Property and Owner-Occupied Primary Residences Amendment	Passed

Immigration

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Arizona	Proposition 314: Immigration and Border Law Enforcement Measure	Passed

Infrastructure

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Oklahoma	Question 833: Oklahoma Public Infrastructure Districts Amendment	Failed

Natural Resources

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 5, 2024	Minnesota	Amendment 1: Minnesota Continue to Provide Lottery Revenue to Environment and Natural Resources Fund Amendment	Passed