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1902 1 YES 62,024 5,668 91.63% Yes Leg Limits Uses Initiative and Referendum
1904 1 YES 45,334 14,031 76.36% Yes Leg Office of State Printer
1904 2 YES 56,205 16,354 77.46% No Init Direct Primary Nominating Convention Law
1904 3 YES 43,316 40,198 51.87% No Init Local Option Liquor law
1906 1 YES 43,918 26,758 62.14% No Ref Shall act appropriating money maintaining Insane Asylum, Penitentiary, Deaf-Mute, Blind School, University, Agricultural College, and Normal Schools be approved
1906 2 No 36,902 47,075 43.94% Yes Init Equal Suffrage Constitutional Amendment
1906 3 No 35,297 45,144 43.88% No Init Amendment to local option law giving anti-prohibitionists and prohibitionists equal privileges
1906 4 No 31,525 44,527 41.45% No Init Law to abolish tolls on the Mount Hood and Barlow Road and providing for its ownership by the State
1906 5 YES 47,661 18,751 71.77% Yes Init Constitutional amendment providing method of amending constitution and applying the referendum to all laws affecting constitutional conventions and amendments
1906 6 YES 52,567 19,852 72.59% Yes Init Constitutional amendment giving cities and towns exclusive power to enact and amend their charters
1906 7 YES 63,749 9,571 86.95% Yes Init Constitutional amendment to allow the state printing, binding, and Printers' compensation to be regulated by law at any time
1906 8 YES 47,678 16,735 74.02% Yes Init Constitutional amendment for the initiative and referendum on local, special, and municipal laws and parts of laws
1906 9 YES 57,281 16,779 77.34% No Init Bill for a law prohibiting free passes and discrimination by railroad companies and other public service corporations
1906 10 YES 69,635 6,441 91.53% No Init An act requiring sleeping car companies, refrigerator car companies, and oil companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings
1906 11 YES 70,872 6,360 91.77% No Init An act requiring express companies, telegraph companies, and telephone companies to pay an annual license upon gross earnings
1908 1 No 19,691 68,892 22.23% Yes Leg To Increase Compensation of Legislators from $120 to $400 Per Session
1908 2 YES 41,975 40,868 50.67% Yes Leg Permitting Location of State Institutions at Places Other than the State Capitol
1908 3 No 30,243 50,591 37.41% Yes Leg Reorganization System of Courts and Increasing the Number of Supreme Judges from Three to Five
1908 4 YES 65,728 18,590 77.95% Yes Leg Changing Date of General Elections from June to November
1908 5 YES 60,443 30,033 66.81% No Ref Giving Sheriffs Control of County Prisoners
1908 6 No 28,856 59,406 32.69% No Ref Requiring Railroads to Give Public Officials Free Passes
1908 7 No 33,507 54,848 37.92% No Ref Appropriating $100,000 for Building Armories
1908 8 YES 44,115 40,535 52.11% No Ref Increasing Annual Appropriation for University of Oregon from $47,500 to $125,000
1908 9 No 36,858 58,670 38.58% Yes Init Equal Suffrage
1908 10 YES 46,582 40,720 53.36% No Init Fishery Law Proposed by Fishwheel Operators
1908 11 No 39,442 52,346 42.97% Yes Init Giving Cities Control of Liquor Selling, Poolrooms, Theaters, etc., subject to local option law
1908 12 No 32,066 60,871 34.50% Yes Init Modified Form of Single Tax Amendment
1908 13 YES 58,381 31,002 65.32% Yes Init Recall Power on Public Officials
1908 14 YES 69,668 21,162 76.70% No Init Instructing Legislature to Vote for People Choice for United States Senator
1908 15 YES 48,868 34,128 58.88% Yes Init Authorizing Proportional Representation Law
1908 16 YES 54,042 31,301 63.32% No Init Corrupt Practices Act Governing Elections
1908 17 YES 56,130 30,280 64.96% No Init Fishery Law Proposed by Gillnet Operators
1908 18 YES 52,214 28,487 64.70% Yes Init Requiring Indictment To Be By Grand Jury
1908 19 YES 43,948 26,778 62.14% No Init Creating Hood River County
1910 1 No 35,270 59,065 37.39% Yes Init Permitting Female Taxpayers to Vote
1910 2 YES 50,134 41,504 54.71% No Leg Establishing Branch Insane Asylum in Eastern Oregon
1910 3 No 23,143 59,974 27.84% No Leg Calling Convention to Revise State Constitution
1910 4 No 24,000 54,252 30.67% Yes Leg Providing Separate Districts for Election of Each State Senator and Representative
1910 5 No 37,619 40,172 48.36% Yes Leg Repealing Requirements That All Taxes Shall Be Equal and Uniform
1910 6 No 32,884 46,070 41.65% Yes Leg Permitting Organized Districts to Vote Bonds for Construction of Railroads by Such Districts
1910 7 No 31,629 41,692 43.14% Yes Leg Authorizing Collection of State and County Taxes on Separate Classes of Property
1910 8 No 13,161 71,503 15.54% No Ref Requiring Baker County to Pay $1,000 a Year to Circuit Judge in Addition to His State Salary
1910 9 No 22,866 60,951 27.28% No Init Creating Nesmith County From Parts of Lane and Douglas
1910 10 YES 50,191 40,044 55.62% No Init To Establish a State Normal School at Monmouth
1910 11 No 17,426 62,016 21.94% No Init Creating Otis County From Parts of Harney, Malheur and Grant
1910 12 No 16,250 69,002 19.06% No Init Annexing Part of Clackamas County to Multnomah
1910 13 No 14,508 64,090 18.46% No Init Creating Williams County From Parts of Lane and Douglas
1910 14 YES 44,171 42,127 51.18% Yes Init Permitting People of Each County to Regulate Taxation for County Purposes and Abolishing Poll Taxes
1910 15 YES 53,321 50,779 51.22% Yes Init Giving Cities and Towns Exclusive Power to Regulate Liquor Traffic Within Their Limits
1910 16 YES 56,258 33,943 62.37% No Init For Protection of Laborers in Hazardous Employment, Fixing Employers' Liability, etc.
1910 17 No 15,664 62,712 19.99% No Init Creating Orchard County From Part of Umatilla
1910 18 No 15,613 61,704 20.19% No Init Creating Clark County From Part of Grant
1910 19 No 40,898 46,201 46.96% No Init To Establish State Normal School at Weston
1910 20 No 14,047 68,221 17.07% No Init To Annex Part of Washington County to Multnomah
1910 21 No 38,473 48,655 44.16% No Init To Establish State Normal School at Ashland
1910 22 No 43,540 61,221 41.56% Yes Init Prohibiting Liquor Traffic
1910 23 No 42,651 63,564 40.16% No Init Prohibiting the Sale of Liquors and Regulating Shipments of Same, and Providing for Search for Liquor
1910 24 No 32,224 51,719 38.39% No Init Creating Board to Draft Employers' Liability Law for Submission to Legislature
1910 25 YES 49,712 33,397 59.82% No Init Prohibiting Taking of Fish in Rogue River Except With Hook and Line
1910 26 No 17,592 60,486 22.53% No Init Creating Deschutes County Out of Part of Crook
1910 27 No 37,129 42,327 46.73% No Init Bill for General Law Under Which New Counties May Be Created or Boundaries Changed
1910 28 YES 51,275 32,906 60.91% Yes Init Permitting Counties to Vote Bonds for Permanent Road Improvement
1910 29 YES 43,353 41,624 51.02% No Init Permitting Voters in Direct Primaries to Express Choice for President and Vice President, to Select Delegates to National Convention and Nominate Candidates for Presidential Electors
1910 30 No 29,955 52,538 36.31% No Init Creating Board of People's Inspectors of Government, Providing for Reports of Board in Official State Gazette to be Mailed to All Registered Voters Bi-monthly
1910 31 No 37,031 44,366 45.49% Yes Init Extending Initiative and Referendum, Making Term of Members of Legislature Six Years, Increasing Salaries, Requiring Proportional Representation in Legislature, Election of President of Senate and Speaker of House Outside of Members, etc.
1910 32 YES 44,538 39,399 53.06% Yes Init Permitting Three-Fourths Verdict in Civil Cases
1912 1 YES 61,265 57,104 51.76% Yes Init Equal Suffrage Amendment
1912 2 No 50,562 61,644 45.06% Yes Leg Creating Office of Lieutenant Governor
1912 3 No 51,582 56,671 47.65% Yes Leg Divorce of Local and State Taxation
1912 4 No 52,045 54,483 48.86% Yes Leg Permitting Different Tax Rates on Classes of Property
1912 5 YES 63,881 47,150 57.53% Yes Leg Repeal of County Tax Option
1912 6 No 32,934 70,325 31.89% Yes Leg Majority Rule on Constitutional Amendments
1912 7 YES 82,981 21,738 79.24% Yes Leg Double Liability on Bank Stockholders
1912 8 YES 65,985 40,956 61.70% No Ref Statewide Public Utilities Regulation
1912 9 No 26,463 71,239 27.09% No Init Creating Cascade County
1912 10 No 48,701 57,279 45.95% No Init Millage Tax for University and Agricultural College
1912 11 No 35,721 68,861 34.16% Yes Init Majority Rule on Initiated Laws
1912 12 No 49,699 56,713 46.70% No Init County Bond and Road Construction Act--Grange Bill
1912 13 No 23,872 83,846 22.16% No Init Creating State Highway Department--Grange Bill
1912 14 No 34,793 69,542 33.35% No Init Changing Date State Printer Bill Becomes Effective
1912 15 No 16,910 91,995 15.53% No Init Creating Office of Hotel Inspector
1912 16 YES 64,508 48,078 57.30% No Init Eight-hour Day on Public Works
1912 17 No 48,765 57,293 45.98% No Init Blue Sky Law
1912 18 YES 73,800 37,492 66.31% No Init Relating to Employment of State Prisoners
1912 19 YES 71,367 37,731 65.42% No Init Relating to Employment of County and City Prisoners
1912 20 No 30,897 75,590 29.01% No Init State Road Bonding Act
1912 21 YES 59,452 43,447 57.78% Yes Init Limiting State Road Indebtedness
1912 22 No 43,611 60,210 42.01% No Init County Bonding Act
1912 23 YES 57,258 43,858 56.63% Yes Init Limiting County Road Indebtedness
1912 24 No 40,199 56,992 41.36% No Init Providing Method for Consolidating Cities and Creating New Counties
1912 25 No 52,702 52,948 49.88% Yes Init Income Tax Amendment
1912 26 YES 60,357 51,826 53.80% No Init Tax Exemption on Household Effects
1912 27 No 42,491 66,540 38.97% No Init Tax Exemption on Moneys and Credits
1912 28 No 38,609 63,839 37.69% No Init Revising Inheritance Tax Laws
1912 29 YES 58,306 45,534 56.15% No Init Freight Rates Act
1912 30 No 38,568 63,481 37.79% Yes Init County Road Bonding Act
1912 31 No 31,020 71,183 30.35% Yes Init Abolishing Senate; Proxy Voting; U'Rren Constitution
1912 32 No 31,534 82,015 27.77% Yes Init Statewide Single Tax with Graduated Tax Provision
1912 33 No 41,951 64,578 39.38% No Init Abolishing Capital Punishment
1912 34 No 49,826 60,560 45.14% No Init Prohibits Boycotts and Pickets
1912 35 No 48,987 62,532 43.93% No Init Prohibits Use of Public Streets, Parks and Grounds in Cities over 5,000 Without Permit
1912 36 No 29,437 78,985 27.15% No Ref Appropriation for University of Oregon
1912 37 No 27,310 79,376 25.60% No Ref Appropriation for University of Oregon
1913 1 YES 56,659 40,600 58.26% No Ref State University Building Repair Fund
1913 2 YES 53,569 43,014 55.46% No Ref University of Oregon New Building Appropriation
1913 3 No 41,767 53,319 43.93% No Ref Sterilization Act
1913 4 YES 54,179 38,159 58.67% No Ref County Attorney Act
1913 5 YES 67,814 28,608 70.33% No Ref Workmen's Compensation Act
1914 1 YES 164,879 39,847 80.54% Yes Leg Requiring Voters to be Citizens of the United States
1914 2 No 52,040 143,804 26.57% Yes Leg Creating Office of Lieutenant Governor
1914 3 No 77,392 103,194 42.86% Yes Leg Permitting Certain City and County Boundaries to be Made Identical, and Governments Consolidated
1914 4 No 49,759 135,550 26.85% Yes Leg Permitting State to Create an Indebtedness Not to Exceed Two Percent of Assessed Valuation for Irrigation and Power Projects and Development of Untilled Lands
1914 5 No 59,206 116,490 33.70% Yes Leg Omitting Requirement that "All Taxation Shall Be Equal And Uniform"
1914 6 No 52,362 122,704 29.91% Yes Leg Changing Existing Rule of Uniformity and Equality of Taxation--Authorizing Classification of Property for Taxation Purposes
1914 7 No 84,041 109,643 43.39% No Leg To Establish State Normal School at Ashland
1914 8 YES 96,116 77,671 55.31% Yes Leg Enabling Incorporated Municipalities to Surrender Charters and To Be Merged in Adjoining City or Town
1914 9 No 87,450 105,345 45.36% No Leg To Establish State Normal School at Weston
1914 10 No 41,087 146,278 21.93% Yes Leg Providing Compensation for Members of Legislature at Five Dollars Per Day
1914 11 No 49,360 167,888 22.72% Yes Init Universal Constitutional Eight Hour Day Amendment
1914 12 No 88,480 120,296 42.38% No Init Eight-hour Day and Room-Ventilation Law for Female Workers
1914 13 No 74,323 107,263 40.93% No Init Nonpartisan Judiciary Bill Prohibiting Party Nominations for Judicial Officers
1914 14 No 65,495 136,193 32.47% Yes Init $1500 Tax Exemption Amendment
1914 15 No 67,128 114,564 36.95% Yes Init Public Docks and Water Frontage Amendment
1914 16 No 67,110 111,113 37.66% No Init Municipal Wharves and Docks Bill
1914 17 YES 136,842 100,362 57.69% Yes Init Prohibition Constitutional Amendment
1914 18 YES 100,552 100,395 50.04% Yes Init Abolishing Death Penalty
1914 19 No 59,186 124,943 32.14% Yes Init Specific Personal Graduated Extra-tax Amendment of Article IX, Oregon Constitution
1914 20 No 55,469 120,154 31.58% No Init Consolidating Corporation and Insurance Departments
1914 21 No 92,722 110,404 45.65% No Init Dentistry Bill
1914 22 No 82,841 107,039 43.63% Yes Init County Officers Term Amendment
1914 23 No 34,436 143,468 19.36% No Init A Tax Code Commission Bill
1914 24 No 32,701 143,366 18.57% No Init Abolishing Desert Land Board and Reorganizing Certain State Offices
1914 25 No 39,740 137,116 22.47% Yes Init Proportional Representation Amendment to Oregon Constitution
1914 26 No 62,376 123,429 33.57% Yes Init State Senate Constitutional Amendment
1914 27 No 57,859 126,201 31.43% Yes Init Department of Industry and Public Works Amendment
1914 28 No 25,058 153,638 14.02% No Init Primary Delegate Election Bill
1914 29 No 43,280 140,507 23.55% Yes Init Equal Assessment and Taxation and $300 Exemption Amendment
1916 1 YES 141,773 53,207 72.71% Yes Leg Single Item Veto Amendment
1916 2 YES 119,652 65,410 64.66% Yes Leg Ship Tax Exemption Amendment
1916 3 No 100,027 100,701 49.83% Yes Leg Negro and Mulatto Suffrage Amendment
1916 4 No 43,390 154,980 21.87% Yes Init Full Rental Value Land Tax and Homemakers' Loan Fund Amendment
1916 5 No 96,829 109,523 46.92% Yes Init For Pendleton Normal School and Ratifying Location Certain State Institutions
1916 6 No 99,745 100,119 49.91% No Init Anti-compulsory Vaccination Bill
1916 7 YES 125,836 93,076 57.48% No Init Bill Repealing and Abolishing the Sunday Closing Law
1916 8 No 85,973 140,599 37.95% Yes Init Permitting Manufacture and Regulating Sale 4 Percent Malt Liquors
1916 9 YES 114,932 109,671 51.17% Yes Init Prohibition Amendment Forbidding Importation of Intoxicating Liquors for Beverage Purposes
1916 10 YES 107,488 83,887 56.17% Yes Init Rural Credits Amendment
1916 11 YES 99,536 84,031 54.22% Yes Init State-wide Tax and Indebtedness Limitation Amendment
1917 1 YES 67,445 54,864 55.14% Yes Leg Authorizing Ports to Create Limited Indebtedness to Encourage Water Transportation
1917 2 No 22,276 103,238 17.75% Yes Leg Limiting Number of Bills Introduced and Increasing Pay of Legislators
1917 3 No 37,187 72,445 33.92% Yes Leg Declaration Against Implied Repeal of Constitutional Provisions by Amendments Thereto
1917 4 YES 62,118 53,245 53.85% Yes Leg Uniform Tax Classification Amendment
1917 5 YES 83,630 42,296 66.41% Yes Leg Requiring Election City, Town and State Officers at Same Time
1917 6 No 46,666 86,165 35.13% No Leg Four Hundred Thousand Dollar Tax Levy for a New Penitentiary
1917 7 YES 77,316 63,803 54.79% No Leg Six Million Dollar State Road Bond Issue and Highway Bill
1918 1 No 49,935 66,070 43.05% Yes Leg Establishing and Maintaining Southern and Eastern Oregon Normal Schools
1918 2 No 43,441 65,299 39.95% No Leg Establishing Dependent, Delinquent and Defective Children's Home, Appropriating Money Therefor
1918 3 No 45,511 50,227 47.54% No Ref Prohibiting Seine and Setnet Fishing in Rogue River and Tributaries
1918 4 YES 55,555 40,908 57.59% No Ref Closing the Willamette River to Commercial Fishing South of Oswego
1918 5 YES 66,652 41,594 61.57% No Init Delinquent Tax Notice Bill
1918 6 YES 50,073 41,816 54.49% No Init Fixing Compensation for Publication of Legal Notice
1918 7 No 41,364 56,974 42.06% ? ? Authorizing Increase in Amount of Levy of State Taxes for Year 1919 (submitted by state tax commission under chapter 150, Laws 1917)
1919 1 YES 49,728 33,561 59.71% Yes Leg Six Percent County Indebtedness for Permanent Roads Amendment
1919 2 No 38,204 40,707 48.41% Yes Leg Industrial and Reconstruction Hospital Amendment
1919 3 YES 43,010 35,948 54.47% Yes Leg State Bond Payment of Irrigation and Drainage District Bond Interest
1919 4 No 39,130 40,580 49.09% Yes Leg Five Million Dollar Reconstruction Bonding Amendment
1919 5 No 32,653 46,861 41.07% Yes Leg Lieutenant Governor Constitutional Amendment
1919 6 YES 56,966 29,159 66.14% No Leg The Roosevelt Coast Military Highway Bill
1919 7 No 37,294 42,792 46.57% No Leg Reconstruction Bonding Bill
1919 8 YES 49,158 33,513 59.46% No Leg Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Educational Financial Aid Bill
1919 9 YES 53,191 28,039 65.48% No Leg Market Roads Tax Bill
1920 1 YES 100,256 35,655 73.77% Yes Leg Extending Eminent Domain Over Roads and Ways
May 1920 2 YES 93,392 46,084 66.96% Yes Leg Limitation of 4 Percent State Indebtedness for Permanent Roads
May 1920 3 YES 81,756 64,589 55.87% Yes Leg Restoring Capital Punishment
May 1920 4 YES 72,378 36,699 66.35% Yes Leg Crook and Curry Counties Bonding Amendment
May 1920 5 YES 78,241 56,946 57.88% Yes Leg Successor to Governor
May 1920 6 YES 102,722 46,577 68.80% No Leg Higher Educational Tax Act
May 1920 7 YES 91,294 50,482 64.39% No Leg Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Educational Aid Revenue Bill
May 1920 8 YES 110,263 39,593 73.58% No Leg State Elementary School Fund Tax
May 1920 9 YES 115,337 30,739 78.96% No Leg Blind School Tax Measure
1920 1 No 61,258 131,603 31.76% Yes Leg Compulsory Voting and Registration Amendment
1920 2 No 80,342 85,524 48.44% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Regulating Legislative Sessions and the Payment of Legislators
1920 3 No 67,101 119,126 36.03% No Ref Oleomargarine Bills
1920 4 No 37,283 147,426 20.18% Yes Init Single Tax Constitutional Amendment
1920 5 YES 97,854 80,983 54.72% Yes Init Fixing Term of Certain County Officers
1920 6 No 80,493 84,830 48.69% No Init Port of Portland Dock Commission Consolidation
1920 7 No 63,018 127,570 33.07% Yes Init Anti-compulsory Vaccination Amendment
1920 8 No 28,976 158,673 15.44% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Fixing Legal Rate of Interest in Oregon
1920 9 No 78,961 107,383 42.37% No Init Roosevelt Bird Refuge
1920 10 No 57,791 101,179 36.35% Yes Init Divided Legislative Session Constitutional Amendment
1920 11 No 51,605 119,464 30.17% No Init State Market Commission Act
1921 1 No 42,924 72,596 37.16% Yes Leg Legislative Regulation and Compensation Amendment
1921 2 YES 88,219 37,866 69.97% Yes Leg World War Veterans' State Aid Fund, Constitutional Amendment
1921 3 YES 62,621 45,537 57.90% Yes Leg Emergency Clause Veto Constitutional Amendment
1921 4 No 56,858 65,793 46.36% No Leg Hygiene Marriage Examination and License Bill
1921 5 YES 59,882 59,265 50.26% No Leg Women Jurors and Revised Jury Law
1922 1 YES 89,177 57,049 60.99% Yes Leg Amendment Permitting Linn County Tax Levy to Pay Outstanding Warrants
1922 2 YES 86,547 53,844 61.65% Yes Leg Amendment Permitting Linn and Benton Counties to Pay Outstanding Warrants
1922 3 No 39,231 132,021 22.91% Yes Init Single Tax Amendment
1922 4 No 82,837 95,587 46.43% No Init 1925 Exposition Tax Amendment
1922 5 No 54,803 112,197 32.82% No Init Income Tax Amendment
1922 6 YES 115,506 103,685 52.70% No Init Compulsory Education Bill
1923 1 YES 58,647 58,131 50.22% No Leg Income Tax Act
1924 1 YES 184,031 48,645 79.09% Yes Leg Voters' Literacy Amendment
1924 2 YES 134,071 65,133 67.30% Yes Leg Public Use and Welfare Amendment
1924 3 YES 131,199 92,446 58.66% Yes Leg Bonus Amendment
1924 4 No 91,597 157,324 36.80% No Ref Oleomargarine Condensed Milk Bill
1924 5 No 75,159 122,839 37.96% No Init Naturopath Bill
1924 6 No 73,270 151,862 32.55% Yes Init Workmen's Compulsory Compensation Law for Hazardous Occupations
1924 7 YES 123,799 111,055 52.71% No Init Income Tax Repeal
1926 1 YES 81,954 68,128 54.61% Yes Leg Klamath County Bonding Amendment
1926 2 No 54,624 99,125 35.53% Yes Leg Six Percent Limitation Amendment
1926 3 YES 108,332 64,954 62.52% Yes Leg Repeal of Free Negro and Mulatto Section of the Constitution
1926 4 No 59,442 121,973 32.77% Yes Leg Amendment Prohibiting Inheritance and Income Taxes
1926 5 No 47,878 124,811 27.72% No Leg The Seaside Normal School Act
1926 6 YES 101,327 80,084 55.85% No Leg The Eastern Oregon State Normal School Act
1926 7 YES 100,324 61,307 62.07% Yes Leg The Recall Amendment
1926 8 YES 78,823 61,472 56.18% Yes Leg Curry County Bonding or Tax Levy Amendment
1926 9 YES 100,397 54,474 64.83% Yes Leg Amendment Relating to Elections to Fill Vacancies in Public Offices
1926 10 YES 75,229 61,718 54.93% Yes Leg Klamath and Clackamas County Bonding Amendment
1926 11 YES 131,296 48,490 73.03% No Leg The Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital Act
1926 12 No 62,254 123,208 33.57% No Ref Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Bill
1926 13 YES 99,746 78,685 55.90% No Ref Motor Bus and Truck Bill
1926 14 No 46,389 97,460 32.25% No Ref Act Appropriating Ten Percent of Self-sustaining Boards' Receipts
1926 15 No 50,199 122,512 29.07% No Init Income Tax Bill With Property Tax Offset
1926 16 No 76,164 94,533 44.62% No Init Bus and Truck Operating License Bill
1926 17 YES 102,119 73,086 58.29% No Init Fish Wheel, Trap, Seine and Gillnet Bill
1926 18 No 83,991 93,997 47.19% No Init Income Tax Bill
1926 19 No 35,313 147,092 19.36% Yes Init Oregon Water and Power Board Development Measure
1926 20 No 1,988 2,646 42.90% No Leg Amendment Fixing Salaries of County Officers of Umatilla County
1926 21 No 2,826 6,199 31.31% No Leg To Provide Salaries for Certain Officials of Clackamas County
1927 1 YES 69,373 41,887 62.35% Yes Leg Repeal of Negro, Chinaman and Mulatto Suffrage Section of Constitution
1927 2 No 46,784 55,817 45.60% Yes Leg Portland School District Tax Levy Amendment
1927 3 YES 64,956 38,774 62.62% Yes Leg Criminal Information Amendment
1927 4 No 28,380 81,215 25.90% Yes Leg Legislators' Pay Amendment
1927 5 YES 55,802 49,682 52.90% Yes Leg Voters' Registration Amendment
1927 6 No 46,999 61,838 43.18% Yes Leg State and County Officers, Salary Amendment
1927 7 No 41,309 57,613 41.76% Yes Leg City and County Consolidation Amendment
1927 8 No 25,180 80,476 23.83% Yes Leg Veterans' Memorial and Armory Amendment
1927 9 No 19,393 84,697 18.63% Yes Leg State Tax Limitation Amendment
1927 10 No 48,745 67,039 42.10% No Leg Income Tax Bill
1927 11 No 31,957 70,871 31.08% No Leg Property Assessment and Taxation Enforcement Bill
1927 12 YES 53,684 47,552 53.03% No Ref Nestucca Bay Fish Closing Bill
1928 1 No 71,824 198,798 26.54% Yes Init Five Cent Gasoline Tax Bill
1928 2 No 98,248 174,219 36.06% Yes Init Bill for Reduction of Motor Vehicle License Fees
1928 3 No 118,696 132,961 47.17% No Init Income Tax Bill
1928 4 No 108,230 124,200 46.56% Yes Init Limiting Power of Legislature Over Laws Approved by the People
1928 5 No 78,317 157,398 33.23% No Init Deschutes River Water and Fish Bill
1928 6 No 79,028 156,009 33.62% No Init Rogue River Water and Fish Bill
1928 7 No 76,108 154,345 33.03% No Init Umpqua River Water and Fish Bill
1928 8 No 77,974 153,418 33.70% No Init McKenzie River Water and Fish Bill
1930 1 YES 96,061 74,892 56.19% Yes Leg Repeal of State Payment of Irrigation and Drainage District Interest
1930 2 No 51,248 135,412 27.46% Yes Leg State Cabinet Form of Government Constitutional Amendment
1930 3 No 92,602 101,785 47.64% Yes Leg Bonus Loan Constitutional Amendment
1930 4 No 71,557 115,480 38.26% Yes Leg Motor Vehicle License Tax Constitutional Amendment
1930 5 No 63,683 111,441 36.36% Yes Leg Motor Vehicle License Tax Constitutional Amendment
1930 6 YES 85,836 76,455 52.89% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment for Filling Vacancies in the Legislature
1930 7 No 70,937 108,070 39.63% Yes Leg Legislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
1930 8 No 39,770 137,549 22.43% No Ref Two Additional Circuit Judges Bill
1930 9 YES 105,189 95,207 52.49% No Ref Income Tax Bill
1930 10 No 54,231 156,265 25.76% Yes Init Anti-cigarette Constitutional Amendment
1930 11 No 96,596 99,490 49.26% Yes Init Rogue River Fishing Constitutional Amendment
1930 12 No 92,707 95,277 49.32% Yes Init Lieutenant Governor Constitutional Amendment
1930 13 YES 117,776 84,778 58.15% Yes Init People's Water and Power Utility Districts Constitutional Amendment
1932 1 YES 189,321 124,160 60.39% Yes Leg Taxpayer Voting Qualification Amendment
1932 2 YES 191,042 111,872 63.07% Yes Leg Amendment Authorizing Criminal Trials Without Juries by Consent of Accused
1932 3 YES 149,833 121,852 55.15% Yes Leg Six Percent Tax Limitation Amendment
1932 4 No 131,273 200,496 39.57% No Ref Oleomargarine Tax Bill
1932 5 No 127,445 180,527 41.38% No Ref Bill Prohibiting Commercial Fishing on the Rogue River
1932 6 No 58,076 237,218 19.67% No Ref Higher Education Appropriation Bill
1932 7 YES 206,619 138,775 59.82% No Init Bill to Repeal State Prohibition Law of Oregon
1932 8 No 151,790 180,609 45.66% No Init The Freight Truck and Bus Bill
1932 9 No 47,275 292,486 13.91% No Init Bill Moving University, Normal and Law Schools, Establishing Junior Colleges
1932 10 No 99,171 162,552 37.89% Yes Init Tax and Debt Control Constitutional Amendment
1932 11 No 117,940 154,206 43.34% No Init Tax Supervising and Conservation Bill
1932 12 No 144,502 162,468 47.07% No Init Personal Income Tax Law Amendment
1932 13 YES 168,937 130,494 56.42% Yes Init State Water Power and Hydroelectric Constitutional Amendment
1933 1 YES 136,713 72,854 65.24% No Leg An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America
1933 2 YES 113,267 75,476 60.01% Yes Leg Soldiers and Sailors Bonus Limitation Amendment
1933 3 No 66,425 117,148 36.18% Yes Leg County Manager Form of Government Constitutional Amendment
1933 4 No 67,192 110,755 37.76% Yes Leg Prosecution by Information and Grand Jury Modification Amendment
1933 5 No 82,996 91,671 47.52% Yes Leg Debt and Taxation Limitations for Municipal Corporations Constitutional Amendment
1933 6 No 73,756 106,153 41.00% No Leg State Power Fund Bonds
1933 7 No 45,603 167,512 21.40% No Leg Sales Tax Bill
1933 8 YES 143,044 72,745 66.29% Yes Leg Repeal of Oregon Prohibition Constitutional Amendment
1933 9 No 66,880 144,542 31.63% No Ref Oleomargarine Tax Bill
1934 1 No 83,424 96,629 46.33% Yes Leg County Indebtedness and Funding Bond Constitutional Amendment
May 1934 2 YES 117,446 83,430 58.47% Yes Leg Criminal Trial Without Jury and Non-unanimous Verdict Constitutional Amendment
May 1934 3 YES 104,459 98,815 51.39% No Leg Bill Authorizing a State Tuberculosis Hospital in Multnomah County
May 1934 4 No 92,575 108,816 45.97% No Leg Bill Authorizing a State Insane Hospital in Multnomah County
May 1934 5 No 64,677 156,182 29.28% No Ref School Relief Sales Tax Bill
1934 1 No 124,518 139,283 47.20% No Ref Grange Power Bill
1934 2 No 100,565 161,644 38.35% Yes Init Limitations of Taxes on Taxable Property Constitutional Amendment
1934 3 No 70,626 191,836 26.91% Yes Init Healing Arts Constitutional Amendment
1936 1 No 61,270 155,922 28.21% No Leg Bill Changing Primary Elections to September With Other Resulting Changes
January 1936 2 No 28,661 184,332 13.46% Yes Leg Compensation of Members of the Legislature Constitutional Amendment
January 1936 3 No 32,106 187,319 14.63% No Leg Sales Tax Bill
January 1936 4 No 50,971 163,191 23.80% No Ref Bill Authorizing Student Activity Fees in State Higher Educational Institutions
1936 1 No 174,293 179,236 49.30% No Ref Bill Amending Old Age Assistance Act of 1935
1936 2 No 100,141 222,897 31.00% Yes Init Amendment Forbidding Prevention or Regulation of Certain Advertising If Truthful
1936 3 No 112,546 203,693 35.59% Yes Init Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment for School Districts Having 100,000 Population
1936 4 No 131,917 214,246 38.11% No Init Noncompulsory Military Training Bill
1936 5 No 79,604 241,042 24.83% Yes Init Amendment Limiting and Reducing Permissible Taxes on Tangible Property
1936 6 No 131,489 208,179 38.71% No Init State Power Bill
1936 7 No 100,356 208,741 32.47% Yes Init State Hydroelectric Temporary Administrative Board Constitutional Amendment
1936 8 No 82,869 250,777 24.84% No Init State Bank Bill
1938 1 YES 233,384 93,752 71.34% Yes Leg Governor's 20-day Bill Consideration Amendment
1938 2 No 133,525 165,797 44.61% Yes Leg Amendment Repealing the Double Liability of Stockholders in Banking Corporations
1938 3 No 149,356 169,131 46.90% Yes Leg Legislators Compensation Constitutional Amendments
1938 4 YES 277,099 66,484 80.65% No Leg Bill Requiring Marriage License Applicants Medically Examined; Physically and Mentally
1938 5 YES 204,561 126,580 61.77% No Ref Slot Machines Seizure by Sheriffs and Destruction on Court Order
1938 6 YES 197,912 129,043 60.53% No Ref Prohibiting Slot Machines, Pin-ball, Dart and Other Similar Games
1938 7 YES 183,781 149,711 55.11% No Init Townsend Plan Bill
1938 8 No 112,172 219,557 33.81% No Init Citizens' Retirement Annuity Bill; Levying Transactions Tax to Provide Fund
1938 9 YES 197,771 148,460 57.12% No Init Bill Regulating Picketing and Boycotting by Labor Groups and Organizations
1938 10 YES 247,685 75,295 76.69% No Init Water Purification and Prevention of Pollution Bill
1938 11 No 118,282 222,221 34.74% No Init Bill Regulating Sale of Alcoholic Liquor for Beverage Purposes
1938 12 No 141,792 180,329 44.02% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Legalizing Certain Lotteries and Other Forms of Gambling
1940 1 No 163,942 213,797 43.40% Yes Leg Amendment Removing Office Time Limit of State Secretary and Treasurer
1940 2 No 129,699 183,488 41.41% Yes Leg Amendment Making Three Years' Average People's Voted Levies, Tax Base
1940 3 No 157,891 191,290 45.22% Yes Leg Amendment Repealing the Double Liability of Stockholders of State Banks
1940 4 No 186,830 188,031 49.84% Yes Leg Legislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
1940 5 No 156,421 221,203 41.42% No Ref Bill Changing the Primary Nominating Elections from May to September
1940 6 No 158,004 235,128 40.19% No Ref Bill to Further Regulate Sale and Use of Alcoholic Liquor
1940 7 No 90,681 309,183 22.68% No Init Bill Repealing Present Liquor Law; Authorizing Private Sale, Licensed, Taxed
1940 8 No 150,157 258,010 36.79% Yes Init Amendment Legalizing Certain Gambling and Gaming Devices and Certain Lotteries
1940 9 No 201,983 213,838 48.57% No Init Bill to Repeal the Oregon Milk Control Law
1942 1 YES 129,318 109,898 54.06% Yes Leg Legislators' Compensation Constitutional Amendment
1942 2 YES 101,425 88,857 53.30% Yes Leg Rural Credits Loan Fund Repeal Amendment
1942 3 YES 125,990 86,332 59.34% Yes Leg Amendment Specifying Exclusive Uses of Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Taxes
1942 4 No 101,508 103,404 49.54% Yes Leg Amendment Authorizing Regulation by Law of Voting Privilege Forfeiture
1942 5 No 110,643 127,366 46.49% No Ref Cigarette Tax Bill
1942 6 No 97,212 137,177 41.47% No Ref Bill Restricting and Prohibiting Net Fishing Coastal Streams and Bays
1942 7 YES 136,321 92,623 59.54% No Init Bill Distributing Surplus Funds to School Districts, Reducing Taxes Therein
1944 1 YES 228,744 115,745 66.40% Yes Leg Amendment To Provide Alternative Means for Securing Bank Deposits
1944 2 YES 175,716 154,504 53.21% Yes Leg Amendment Authorizing Change to Managerial Form of County Government
1944 3 YES 190,520 178,581 51.62% Yes Leg Amendment Authorizing "Oregon War Veterans' Fund," Providing Tax Therefor
1944 4 YES 183,855 156,219 54.06% Yes Leg Amendment to Authorize Legislative Regulation of Voting Privilege Forfeiture
1944 5 YES 238,350 135,317 63.79% No Leg Bill Providing Educational Aid to Certain Veterans World War II
1944 6 No 96,697 269,276 26.42% No Leg Bill Imposing Tax on Retail Sales of Tangible Personal Property
1944 7 YES 228,853 180,158 55.95% No Ref Burke Bill; Only State Selling Liquor over 14 Hundredths Alcohol
1944 8 No 177,153 186,976 48.65% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Increasing State Tax Fund for Public School Support
1944 9 No 180,691 219,981 45.10% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Providing Monthly Annuities From a Gross Income Tax
1945 1 YES 78,269 49,565 61.23% No Leg Bill Authorizing Tax Levy for State Building Fund
1945 2 No 60,321 67,542 47.18% No Leg Bill Authorizing Cigarette Tax to Support Public Schools
1946 1 YES 221,547 70,322 75.91% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Providing for Succession to Office of Governor
1946 2 No 75,693 219,006 25.68% No Leg Bill Authorizing Tax for Construction and Equipment of State Armories
1946 3 YES 155,733 134,673 53.63% No Leg Bill Establishing Rural School Districts and School Boards
1946 4 YES 161,865 133,111 54.87% Yes Leg Bill Authorizing Chinamen to Hold Real Estate and Mining Claims
1946 5 YES 145,248 113,279 56.18% Yes Leg Amendment Permitting Legislative Bills to be Read by Title Only
1946 6 No 88,717 185,247 32.38% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Increasing Number of Senators to Thirty-one
1946 7 YES 196,195 101,398 65.93% No Ref Bill Regulating Fishing in Coastal Streams and Inland Waters
1946 8 No 86,374 244,960 26.07% No Init To Create State Old-age and Disability Pension Fund
1946 9 YES 157,904 151,765 50.99% No Init To Create Basic School Support Fund by Annual Tax Levy
1947 1 No 67,514 180,333 27.24% No Leg Bill Taxing Retail Sales for School, Welfare and Governmental Purposes
1947 2 No 103,794 140,876 42.42% No Ref Cigarette Tax Bill
1948 1 No 150,032 268,155 35.88% Yes Leg Constitutional Six Percent Tax Limitation Amendment
1948 2 YES 211,912 209,317 50.31% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Indebtedness for State Forestation
1948 3 YES 227,638 219,196 50.94% No Leg Bill Authorizing State Boys' Camp Near Timber, Oregon
1948 4 No 173,004 242,100 41.68% No Ref Bill Amending Licensing and Acquisition Provisions for Hydroelectric Commission Act
1948 5 YES 284,776 164,025 63.45% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Fixing Qualifications of Voters in School Elections
1948 6 YES 313,212 172,531 64.48% No Init Oregon Old Age Pension Act
1948 7 YES 405,842 63,373 86.49% No Init Bill Increasing Personal Income Tax Exemptions
1948 8 No 210,108 273,621 43.44% No Init Oregon Liquor Dispensing Licensing Act
1948 9 No 198,283 265,805 42.73% Yes Init World War II Veterans' Bonus Amendment
1948 10 YES 273,140 184,834 59.64% No Init Prohibiting Salmon Fishing in Columbia River With Fixed Appliances
1948 11 No 143,856 256,167 35.96% No Ref Question of Authorizing Additional State Tax, to be Offset by Income Tax Funds
1950 1 YES 243,518 205,361 54.25% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Fixing Legislators' Annual Compensation
1950 2 No 256,895 192,573 57.16% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Lending State Tax Credit for Higher Education Buildings
1950 3 YES 268,171 183,724 59.34% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Augmenting "Oregon War Veterans' Fund"
1950 4 No 234,394 231,856 50.27% Yes Leg Increasing Basic School Support Fund by Annual Tax Levy
1950 5 YES 310,143 158,939 66.12% No Ref Needy Aged Persons Public Assistance Act
1950 6 YES 277,633 195,319 58.70% No Ref Providing Uniform Standard Time in Oregon
1950 7 YES 239,553 216,958 52.47% Yes Init World War II Veterans' Compensation Fund
1950 8 No 190,992 215,302 47.01% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment for Legislative Representation Reapportionment
1950 9 No 113,524 378,732 23.06% No Init Making Sale of Promotively Advertised Alcoholic Beverage Unlawful
1952 1 No 282,882 326,199 46.44% Yes Leg Amendment Making Superintendent of Public Instruction Appointive
1952 2 YES 454,898 147,128 75.56% Yes Leg World War Veterans' State Aid Sinking Fund Repeal
1952 3 YES 480,479 153,402 75.80% No Leg Act Authorizing Domiciliary State Hospital for Aged Mentally Ill
1952 4 YES 355,136 210,373 62.80% Yes Leg Amendment Legal Voters of Taxing Unit Establish Tax Base
1952 5 YES 465,605 132,363 77.86% Yes Leg Amendment to Augment Oregon War Veterans' Fund
1952 6 YES 364,539 194,492 65.21% Yes Leg Amendment Creating Legislative Assembly Emergency Committee
1952 7 YES 483,356 103,357 82.38% Yes Leg Amendment Fixing Elective Terms of State Senators and Representatives
1952 8 YES 315,071 191,087 62.25% Yes Leg Amendatory Act Title Subject Amendment
1952 9 YES 318,948 272,145 53.96% No Leg Act Limiting State Property Tax
1952 10 YES 409,588 230,241 64.02% No Ref Motor Carrier Highway Transportation Tax Act
1952 11 No 295,700 301,974 49.48% No Ref School District Reorganization Act
1952 12 No 233,226 413,137 36.08% No Ref Cigarette Stamp Tax Revenue Act
1952 13 YES 399,981 256,981 60.88% No Init Establishing United States Standard Time in Oregon
1952 14 No 230,097 411,884 35.84% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Lotteries, Bookmaking, Pari-mutuel Betting on Animal Racing
1952 15 YES 369,127 285,446 56.39% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Alcoholic Liquor Sale by Individual Glass
1952 16 No 135,468 484,730 21.84% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Providing Equitable Taxing Method for Use of Highways
1952 17 No 313,629 337,750 48.15% No Init Milk Production and Marketing Act Bill
1952 18 YES 357,550 194,292 64.79% Yes Init Constitutional Legislative Senator and Representative Apportionment Enforcement Amendment
1954 1 No 216,545 296,008 42.25% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1954 2 YES 268,337 208,077 56.32% Yes Leg Subdividing Counties for Electing State Legislators
1954 3 YES 397,625 128,685 75.55% No Leg Mental Hospital In or Near Portland
1954 4 YES 251,078 230,770 52.11% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendments--How Proposed by People
1954 5 No 208,419 264,569 44.06% Yes Leg State Property Tax
1954 6 No 252,305 300,007 45.68% No Init Establishing Daylight Saving Time
1954 7 No 232,775 278,805 45.50% No Init Prohibiting Certain Fishing in Coastal Streams
1954 8 YES 293,745 247,591 54.26% No Init Repealing Milk Control Law
1956 1 No 175,932 487,550 26.52% Yes Leg State Tax Laws--Immediate Effect Authorized
1956 2 YES 498,633 153,033 76.52% Yes Leg Authorizing State Acceptance of Certain Gifts
1956 3 YES 390,338 263,155 59.73% Yes Leg Salaries of Certain State Officers
1956 4 YES 455,485 182,550 71.39% Yes Leg Qualifications for County Coroner and Surveyor-
1956 5 No 320,741 338,365 48.66% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1956 6 No 280,055 414,613 40.31% No Ref Cigarette Tax
1956 7 YES 401,882 259,309 60.78% No Init Prohibiting Certain Fishing in Coastal Streams
1958 1 YES 399,396 114,318 77.75% Yes Leg Fixing State Boundaries
1958 2 No 232,246 318,685 42.16% Yes Leg Increasing Funds for War Veterans' Loans
1958 3 No 236,000 316,437 42.72% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1958 4 No 264,434 276,487 48.89% Yes Leg Capital Punishment Bill
1958 5 No 221,330 268,716 45.17% Yes Leg Financing Urban Redevelopment Projects
1958 6 YES 252,347 224,426 52.93% Yes Leg Modifying County Debt Limitation
1958 7 YES 357,792 136,745 72.35% Yes Leg Special Grand Jury Bill
1958 8 YES 303,282 193,177 61.09% Yes Leg Authorizes Different Use of State Institution
1958 9 YES 373,466 125,898 74.79% Yes Leg Temporary Appointment and Assignment of Judges
1958 10 No 218,662 291,210 42.89% Yes Leg State Power Development
1958 11 YES 311,516 157,023 66.49% Yes Leg County Home Rule Amendment
1958 12 YES 319,790 195,945 62.01% Yes Leg Authorizing Discontinuing Certain State Tuberculosis Hospitals
1958 13 YES 320,751 201,700 61.39% Yes Init Persons Eligible to Serve in Legislature
May 1960 1 No 250,456 281,542 47.08% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1960 1 YES 579,022 92,187 86.27% Yes Leg Fixing Commencement of Legislators' Term
1960 2 No 357,499 393,652 47.59% No Leg Daylight Saving Time
1960 3 YES 335,792 312,187 51.82% Yes Leg Financing Urban Redevelopment Projects
1960 4 No 306,190 340,197 47.37% Yes Leg Permitting Prosecution by Information or Indictment
1960 5 YES 358,367 289,895 55.28% Yes Leg Authorizing Legislature to Propose Revised Constitution
1960 6 YES 467,557 233,759 66.67% Yes Leg State Bonds for Higher Education Facilities
1960 7 YES 508,108 183,977 73.42% Yes Leg Voter Qualification Amendment
1960 8 No 232,250 433,515 34.88% Yes Leg Authorizing Bonds for State Building Program
1960 9 YES 578,471 123,283 82.43% Yes Leg Compulsory Retirement for Judges
1960 10 YES 486,019 169,865 74.10% Yes Leg Elective Offices: When to Become Vacant
1960 11 YES 399,210 222,736 64.19% Yes Leg Financing Improvements in Home Rule Counties
1960 12 YES 578,266 88,995 86.66% Yes Leg Continuity of Government in Enemy Attack
1960 13 YES 415,931 266,630 60.94% Yes Leg War Veterans' Bonding and Loan Amendment
1960 14 No 115,610 570,025 16.86% No Ref Personal Income Tax Bill
1960 15 No 261,735 475,290 35.51% No Init Billboard Control Measure
May 1962 1 No 141,728 262,140 35.09% Yes Leg Six Percent Limitation Amendment
May 1962 2 YES 241,171 178,749 57.43% Yes Leg Salaries of State Legislators
1962 1 No 312,680 234,440 57.15% Yes Leg Reorganize State Militia
1962 2 YES 323,799 199,174 61.92% Yes Leg Forest Rehabilitation Debt Limit Amendment
1962 3 YES 319,956 200,236 61.51% Yes Leg Permanent Road Debt Limit Amendment
1962 4 YES 298,255 208,755 58.83% Yes Leg Power Development Debt Limit Amendment
1962 5 YES 307,855 193,487 61.41% Yes Leg State Courts Creation and Jurisdiction
1962 6 YES 388,154 229,661 62.83% No Leg Daylight Saving Time
1962 7 YES 270,637 219,509 55.22% Yes Leg Constitutional Six Percent Limitation Amendment
1962 8 No 197,322 325,182 37.76% Yes Init Legislative Apportionment Constitutional Amendment
1962 9 No 206,540 320,917 39.16% No Init Repeals School District Reorganization Law
1963 1 No 103,737 362,845 22.23% No Ref Personal and Corporation Income Tax Bill
1964 1 YES 327,220 252,372 56.46% Yes Leg Authorize Bonds for Education Building Program
1964 1 YES 455,654 302,105 60.13% Yes Leg Capital Punishment Bill
1964 2 YES 477,031 238,241 66.69% Yes Leg Leasing Property for State Use
1964 3 No 205,182 549,414 27.19% No Init Amending State Workmen's Compensation Law
1964 4 No 221,797 534,731 29.32% No Init Prohibiting Commercial Fishing for Salmon, Steelhead
May 1966 1 YES 310,743 181,957 63.07% No Leg Cigarette Tax Bill
May 1966 2 No 197,096 267,319 42.44% Yes Leg Superintendent of Public Instruction Constitutional Amendment
1968 1 YES 468,103 123,964 79.06% Yes Leg Public Transportation System Employees Constitutional Amendment
1968 2 No 237,282 332,983 41.61% Yes Leg State Bonds for Educational Facilities
May 1968 1 YES 372,915 226,191 62.25% Yes Leg Common School Fund Constitutional Amendment
May 1968 2 YES 321,731 244,750 56.79% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Changing Initiative--Referendum Requirements
May 1968 3 YES 353,383 261,014 57.52% Yes Leg Higher Education and Community College Bonds
1968 1 YES 651,250 96,065 87.15% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Broadening Veterans Loan Eligibility
1968 2 YES 690,989 56,973 92.38% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment for Removal of Judges
1968 3 YES 588,166 143,768 80.36% Yes Leg Empowering Legislature to Extend Ocean Boundaries
1968 4 No 331,617 348,866 48.73% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Broadening County Debt Limitation
1968 5 YES 393,789 278,483 58.58% Yes Leg Government Consolidation City-County Over 300,000
1968 6 No 315,175 464,140 40.44% Yes Init Bond Issue to Acquire Ocean Beaches
1968 7 No 276,451 503,443 35.45% Yes Init Constitutional Amendment Changing Property Tax Limitation
1969 1 No 65,077 504,274 11.43% Yes Leg Property Tax Relief and Sales Tax
May 1970 1 No 190,257 300,126 38.80% Yes Leg Capital Construction Bonds for State Government
May 1970 2 YES 326,374 168,464 65.96% Yes Leg Repeals "White Foreigner" Section of Constitution
May 1970 3 No 182,074 322,682 36.07% Yes Leg Revised Constitution for Oregon
May 1970 4 YES 292,234 213,835 57.75% Yes Leg Pollution Control Bonds
May 1970 5 No 202,018 336,527 37.51% Yes Leg Lowers Oregon Voting Age to 19
May 1970 6 No 180,602 323,189 35.85% Yes Leg Local School Property Tax Equalization Measure
1970 1 No 261,428 340,104 43.46% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Concerning Convening of Legislature
1970 2 YES 342,138 269,467 55.94% Yes Leg Automatic Adoption, Federal Income Tax Amendments
1970 3 No 283,659 294,186 49.09% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Concerning County Debt Limitation
1970 4 YES 332,188 268,588 55.29% Yes Leg Investing Funds Donated to Higher Education
1970 5 YES 481,031 133,564 78.27% Yes Leg Veterans' Loan Amendment
1970 6 YES 436,897 158,409 73.39% Yes Leg Limits Term of Defeated Incumbents
1970 7 No 269,372 318,651 45.81% Yes Leg Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Education Bonds
1970 8 YES 352,771 260,100 57.56% Yes Leg Allows Penal Institutions Anywhere in Oregon
1970 9 YES 406,315 214,243 65.48% No Init Scenic Waterways Bill
1970 10 No 223,735 405,437 35.56% Yes Init New Property Tax Bases for Schools
1970 11 No 272,765 342,503 44.33% Yes Init Restricts Governmental Powers Over Rural Property
January 1972 1 YES 245,717 236,937 50.91% No Ref Increases cigarette tax
May 1972 1 No 327,231 349,746 48.34% Yes Leg Eliminates literacy requirement; lowers voting age
May 1972 2 YES 420,568 206,436 67.08% Yes Leg Repeals requirement for decennial state census
May 1972 3 No 241,371 391,698 38.13% Yes Leg Allows legislators to call special sessions
May 1972 4 No 232,391 364,323 38.95% Yes Leg Capital construction bonds for state government
May 1972 5 No 233,175 374,295 38.38% Yes Leg Irrigation and water development bonds
May 1972 6 No 120,027 491,551 19.63% Yes Leg Enabling county-city vehicle registration tax
1972 1 YES 594,080 232,948 71.83% Yes Leg Eliminates location requirements for state institutions
1972 2 YES 572,619 281,720 67.02% Yes Leg Qualifications for sheriff set by legislature
1972 3 No 329,669 462,932 41.59% Yes Leg Amends county purchase and lease limitations
1972 4 No 336,382 519,196 39.32% Yes Leg Changes provision regarding religion
1972 5 YES 591,191 265,636 69.00% Yes Leg Minimum jury size of six members
1972 6 YES 736,802 133,139 84.70% Yes Leg Broadens eligibility for veterans loans
1972 7 YES 571,959 292,561 66.16% Yes Leg Repeals governor's retirement act
1972 8 YES 697,297 151,174 82.18% Yes Leg Changes succession to office of governor
1972 9 No 342,885 558,136 38.06% Yes Leg Prohibits property tax for school operations
May 1973 1 No 253,682 358,219 41.46% No Leg Property tax limitation; school tax revision
May 1974 1 No 136,851 410,733 24.99% No Leg Income, corporate tax, school support increase
May 1974 2 No 190,899 369,038 34.09% Yes Leg Highway fund use for mass transit
May 1974 3 No 166,363 371,897 30.91% Yes Leg New school district tax base limitation
May 1974 4 No 198,563 328,221 37.69% Yes Leg Authorizes bonds for water development fund
May 1974 5 YES 381,559 164,953 69.82% Yes Leg Increases veteran's loan bonding authority
May 1974 6 No 246,525 298,373 45.24% Yes Leg Permits legislature to call special session
1974 1 No 353,357 384,521 47.89% Yes Leg Liquor licenses for public passenger carriers
1974 2 YES 546,255 165,778 76.72% Yes Leg Opens all legislative deliberations to public
1974 3 YES 437,557 246,902 63.93% Yes Leg Revises constitutional requirements for grand juries
1974 4 YES 381,593 331,756 53.49% Yes Leg Governor vacancy successor age requirement eliminated
1974 6 YES 552,737 146,364 79.06% Yes Leg Permits establishing qualifications for county assessors
1974 7 No 322,023 329,858 49.40% Yes Leg Tax base includes revenue sharing money
1974 8 No 337,565 378,071 47.17% Yes Leg Revises school district election voting requirements
1974 9 No 218,846 476,547 31.47% Yes Leg Permits state employes to be legislators
1974 10 YES 362,731 355,506 50.50% Yes Leg Revises Oregon voter qualification requirements
1974 11 YES 480,631 216,853 68.91% Yes Leg Right to jury in civil cases
1974 12 No 277,723 376,747 42.43% Yes Leg Community development fund bonds
1974 13 YES 393,743 352,958 52.73% No Ref Obscenity and sexual conduct bill
1974 14 YES 498,002 177,946 73.67% No Leg Public officials' financial ethics and reporting; also referred to all 36 counties and 243 cities with governing bodies
1974 15 YES 458,417 274,182 62.57% No Init Prohibits purchase or sale of Steelhead
May 1976 1 YES 549,553 158,997 77.56% Yes Leg Expands Veterans' home-farm loan eligibility
May 1976 2 YES 639,977 59,774 91.46% Yes Leg Discipline of judges
May 1976 3 YES 315,588 362,414 46.55% Yes Leg Housing bonds
May 1976 4 No 170,331 531,219 24.28% Yes Leg Authorizes vehicle tax mass transit use
1976 1 YES 607,325 247,843 71.02% Yes Leg Validates inadvertently superseded statutory amendments
1976 2 No 376,489 536,967 41.22% Yes Leg Allows changing city, county election days
1976 3 No 285,777 679,517 29.61% Yes Leg Lowers minimum age for legislative service
1976 4 YES 507,308 368,646 57.91% Yes Leg Repeals emergency succession provision
1976 5 YES 549,126 377,354 59.27% Yes Leg Permits legislature to call special session
1976 6 YES 682,252 281,696 70.78% Yes Leg Allows charitable, fraternal, religious organizations bingo
1976 7 No 263,738 659,327 28.57% No Leg Partial public funding of election campaigns
1976 8 No 465,143 505,124 47.94% No Ref Increases motor fuel, ton-mile taxes
1976 9 No 423,008 584,845 41.97% No Init Regulates nuclear power plant construction approval
1976 10 No 402,608 536,502 42.87% No Init Repeals land use planning coordination statutes
1976 11 No 419,567 555,981 43.01% No Init Prohibits adding fluorides to water systems
1976 12 No 333,933 525,868 38.84% No Init Repeals intergovernmental cooperation, planning district statutes
May 1977 1 No 112,570 252,061 30.87% Yes Leg School operating levy measure
May 1977 2 YES 200,270 158,436 55.83% Yes Leg Authorizes additional veterans' fund uses
May 1977 3 YES 250,783 106,953 70.10% Yes Leg Increases Veterans' loan bonding authority
1977 1 YES 124,484 118,953 51.14% Yes Leg Water development loan fund created
1977 2 No 105,219 137,693 43.32% Yes Leg Development of nonnuclear energy resources
May 1978 1 YES 306,506 156,623 66.18% Yes Leg Home rule county initiative-referendum requirements
May 1978 2 YES 435,338 80,176 84.45% Yes Leg Open meetings rules for legislature
May 1978 3 YES 291,778 250,810 53.78% Yes Leg Housing for low income elderly
May 1978 4 No 148,822 351,843 29.72% Yes Leg Domestic water fund created
May 1978 5 No 190,301 365,170 34.26% No Leg Highway repair priority, gas tax increase
May 1978 6 YES 110,600 91,090 54.84% No Leg Reorganizes metropolitan service district, abolishes CRAG
1978 1 No 358,504 449,132 44.39% Yes Leg Appellate judge selection, running on record
1978 2 YES 468,458 349,604 57.26% Yes Leg Authorizes senate confirmation of governor's appointments
1978 3 No 208,722 673,802 23.65% No Ref Vehicle and fee increase referendum
1978 4 No 375,587 471,027 44.36% No Init Shortens formation procedures for people's utility districts
1978 5 YES 704,480 201,463 77.76% No Init Authorizes, regulates practice of denture technology
1978 6 No 424,029 453,741 48.31% Yes Init Limitations on ad valorem property taxes
1978 7 No 431,577 461,542 48.32% Yes Init Prohibits state expenditures, programs or services for abortion
1978 8 YES 573,707 318,610 64.29% No Init REquires death penalty for murder under specified conditions
1978 9 YES 589,361 267,132 68.81% No Init Limitations of public utility rate base
1978 10 No 334,523 515,138 39.37% Yes Init Land use planning, zoning consitutional amendment
1978 11 No 383,532 467,765 45.05% Yes Leg Reduces property tax payable by homeowner and renter
1978 12 YES 641,862 134,758 82.65% No Leg Support of federal constitutional amendment requiring balanced budget
May 1980 1 YES 451,695 257,230 63.72% Yes Leg Limits uses of gasoline and highway user taxes
May 1980 2 No 325,030 384,346 45.82% Yes Leg Amends liquor by the drink
May 1980 3 YES 394,466 278,125 58.65% Yes Leg State bonds for small scale local energy project loan fund
May 1980 4 YES 574,148 130,452 81.49% Yes Leg Veterans' home and farm loan eligibility changes
May 1980 5 YES 636,565 64,979 90.74% No Leg Continues tax reduction program
May 1980 6 YES 536,002 138,675 79.45% Yes Leg Definition of multifamily low income elderly housing
1980 1 No 291,142 820,892 26.18% Yes Leg Repeal constitutional provision requiring elected superintendent of public instruction
1980 2 YES 678,573 455,020 59.86% Yes Leg Guarantees mentally handicapped voting rights, unless adjudged incompetent to vote
1980 3 YES 594,520 500,586 54.29% Yes Leg Dedicates oil, natural gas taxes to common school fund
1980 4 No 298,421 849,745 25.99% No Leg Increases gas tax from seven to nine cents per gallon
1980 5 No 425,890 728,173 36.90% No Init Forbids use, sale of snare, leghold traps for most purposes
1980 6 No 416,029 711,617 36.89% Yes Init Real property tax limit preserving 85% Districts' 1977 revenue
1980 7 YES 608,412 535,049 53.21% No Init Nuclear plant licensing requires voter approval, waste disposal facility existence
1980 8 No 523,955 551,383 48.72% Yes Leg State bonds for fund to finance correctional facilities
May 1982 1 YES 333,656 267,137 55.54% Yes Leg Use of state bond proceeds to finance municipal water projects
May 1982 2 YES 389,820 229,049 62.99% Yes Leg Multifamily housing for elderly and disabled persons
May 1982 3 No 281,548 333,476 45.78% Yes Leg State bonds to fund corrections facilities
May 1982 4 No 308,574 323,268 48.84% No Leg Raises taxes on commercial vehicles, motor vehicles fuels for roads
May 1982 5 No 159,811 453,415 26.06% No Leg Governor to appoint chief justice of Oregon Supreme Court
1982 1 No 219,034 768,150 22.19% Yes Leg Increases tax base when new property construction increases district's value
1982 2 No 385,672 604,864 38.94% Yes Leg Lengthens Governor's time for postsession veto or approval of bills
1982 3 No 504,836 515,626 49.47% Yes Init Real property tax limit preserving 85% districts' 1979 revenue
1982 4 No 440,824 597,970 42.44% No Init Permits self-service dispensing of motor vehicle fuel at retail
1982 5 YES 623,089 387,907 61.63% n/a Init People of Oregon urge mutual freeze on nuclear weapons development
1982 6 No 461,271 565,056 44.94% No Init Ends state's land use planning powers, retains local planning
May 1984 1 No 332,175 365,571 47.61% Yes Leg State may borrow and lend money for public works projects
May 1984 2 No 234,060 487,457 32.44% No Leg Increases fees for licensing and registration of motor vehicles
1984 1 YES 664,464 470,139 58.56% Yes Leg Change minimum requirements for recall of public officers
1984 2 No 599,424 616,252 49.31% Yes Leg Real property tax limit
1984 3 YES 637,968 556,826 53.40% No Init Create Citizens' Utility Board
1984 4 YES 794,441 412,341 65.83% Yes Init Establish state lottery, commission, profits for economic development
1984 5 YES 786,933 399,231 66.34% No Init Provisions for state operated lottery if authorized
1984 6 YES 653,009 521,687 55.59% Yes Init Exempts death sentences from constitutional guarantees against cruel, vindictive punishments
1984 7 YES 893,818 295,988 75.12% No Init Requres by statute death or mandatory imprisonment for aggravated murder
1984 8 No 552,410 597,964 48.02% No Init Revises numerous criminal laws concerning police powers, trials, evidence, sentencing
1984 9 YES 655,973 524,214 55.58% No Init Adds requirements for disposing wastes containing naturally occurring radioactive isotopes
September 1985 1 No 189,733 664,365 22.21% Yes Leg Allow 5% sales tax for local education
May 1986 1 YES 534,476 118,766 81.82% Yes Leg Bans Income Tax on Social Security Benefits
May 1986 2 YES 333,277 230,886 59.07% Yes Leg Effect on Merger of Taxing Units on Tax Base
May 1986 3 YES 460,148 132,101 77.70% Yes Leg Verification of Signatures on Initiative and Referendum Petitions
May 1986 4 YES 343,005 269,305 56.02% Yes Leg Requires Special Election for US Senator Vacancy, Removes Constitutional Provision
May 1986 5 No 300,674 330,429 47.64% Yes Leg $96 Million Bonds for State-County Prison Buildings
Nov 1986 1 YES 771,959 265,999 74.37% Yes Leg Deletes Constitutional Requirement that Secretary of State Live in Salem
Nov 1986 2 YES 637,410 291,355 68.63% Yes Leg Revises Legislative District Reapportionment Procedures After Federal Census
Nov 1986 3 YES 736,739 302,957 70.86% Yes Leg Allows Charitable, Fraternal, Religious Organizations to Conduct Raffles
Nov 1986 4 YES 724,577 297,973 70.86% No Leg Replaces Public Utility Commissioner with Three Member Public Utility Commission
Nov 1986 5 No 279,479 781,922 26.33% No Init Legalizes Private Possession and Growing of Marijuana for Personal Use
1986 6 No 477,920 580,163 45.17% Yes Init Prohibits State Funding Abortions. Exception: Prevent Mother's Death
1986 7 No 234,804 816,369 22.34% Yes Init 5% Sales Tax, Funds Schools, Reduces Property Tax
1986 8 YES 802,099 201,918 79.89% No Init Prohibits Mandatory Local Measured Telephone Service Except Mobile Phone Service
1986 9 No 449,548 584,396 43.48% Yes Init Limits Property Tax Rates and Assessed Value Increases
1986 10 YES 774,766 251,509 75.49% No Init Revises Many Criminal Laws Concerning Victims' Rights, Evidence, Sentencing, Parole
1986 11 No 381,727 639,034 37.40% Yes Init Homeowner's, Renter's Property Tax Relief Program; Sales Tax Limitation Measure
1986 12 No 299,551 720,034 29.38% No Init State Income Tax Changes, Increased Revenue to Property Tax Relief
1986 13 YES 693,460 343,450 66.88% Yes Init Twenty Day Pre-election Voter Registration Cutoff
1986 14 No 375,241 674,641 35.74% No Init Prohibits Nuclear Power Plant Operation Until Permanent Waste Site Licensed
1986 15 No 424,099 558,741 43.15% No Init Supersedes "Radioactive Waste" Definition; Changes Energy Facility Payment Procedure
1986 16 No 400,119 590,971 40.37% No Init Phases Out Nuclear Weapons Manufactured With Tax Credits, Civil Penalty
May 1987 1 YES 299,581 100,854 74.81% No Leg State role in selecting nuclear waste repository
May 1987 2 YES 223,417 178,839 55.54% Yes Leg Continue existing tax base levies to prevent school closures
May 1988 1 YES 485,629 191,008 % Yes Leg Authorizes Water Development Fund Loans for Fish Protection, Watershed Restoration
May 1988 2 YES 486,401 224,655 % No Leg Protective Headgear for Motorcycle Operators and Passengers and Moped Riders
1988 1 YES 615,012 520,939 % Yes Leg Extends Governor's Veto Deadline After Legislature Adjourns; Requires Prior Announcement
1988 2 YES 621,894 510,694 % Yes Leg Common School Fund Investments; Using Income for State Lands Management
1988 3 No 528,324 684,747 % No Leg Requires the Use of Safety Belts
1988 4 YES 947,805 252,985 % No Init Requires Full Sentences Without Parole, Probation for Certain Repeat Felonies
1988 5 No 449,797 759,360 % No Init Finances Intercollegiate Athletic Fund by Increasing Malt Beverage, Cigarette Taxes
1988 6 No 430,147 737,779 36.83% No Init Indoor Clean Air Law Revisions Banning Public Smoking
1988 7 YES 663,604 516,998 56.21% No Init Oregon Scenic Waterway System
1988 8 YES 626,751 561,355 52.75% No Init Revokes Ban on Sexual Orientation Discrimination in State Executive Branch
May 1989 1 No 183,818 263,283 41.11% Yes Leg Establishes New Tax Base Limits on Schools
June 1989 1 YES 340,506 141,649 70.62% Yes Leg Removes Constitutional Limitation on Use of Property Forfeited To State
June 1989 2 YES 446,151 48558 90.18% Yes Leg Prohibits Selling/Exporting Timber from State Lands Unless Oregon Processed
May 1990 1 No 294,099 324,458 47.5 Yes Leg Permits Using Local Vehicle Taxes for Transit if Voters Approve
May 1990 2 YES 352,922 248,123 58.7 Yes Leg Allows Pollution Control Bond Use for Related Activities
May 1990 3 No 294,664 299,831 49.6 Yes Leg Requires Annual Legislative Sessions of Limited Duration
May 1990 4 No 4234 4745 47.2 No Leg Amends Laws on Organization of International Port of Coos Bay
May 1990 5A YES 462,090 140,747 76.7 No Leg Advisory Vote: Changing the School Finance System
May 1990 5B No 177,964 408,842 30.3 No Leg Advisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Reducing Homeowner School Property Taxes
May 1990 5C No 128,642 449,725 22.2 No Leg Advisory Vote: Income Tax Increase Eliminating Homeowner School Property Taxes
May 1990 5D No 202,367 385,820 34.4 No Leg Advisory Vote: Sales Tax Reducing School Property Taxes
May 1990 5E No 222,611 374,466 37.3 No Leg Advisory Vote: Sales Tax Eliminating School Property Taxes
May 1990 1 YES 510,947 491,170 51 Yes Leg Grants Metropolitan Service District Electors Right to Home Rule
May 1990 2 YES 680,463 354,288 65.8 Yes Leg Allows Merged School Districts to Combine Tax Bases
May 1990 3 No 406,372 617,586 39.7 ? REF Repeals Tax Exemption, Grants Additional Benefit Payments for PERS Retirees
May 1990 4 No 446,795 660,992 40.3 No Init Prohibits Trojan Operation Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake Standards Met
1990 5 YES 574,833 522,022 52.4 Yes Init Limit on Property Taxes for Schools, Government Operations
May 1990 6 No 467,418 636,804 42.3 No Init Product Packaging Must Meet Recycling Standards or Receive Hardship Waiver
May 1990 7 YES 624,744 452,853 58 No Init Six-County Work in Lieu of Welfare Benefits Pilot Program
May 1990 8 No 355,963 747,599 32.3 Yes Init Prohibit Abortion With Three Exceptions
May 1990 9 YES 598,460 512,872 53.9 No Init Requires the Use of Safety Belts
May 1990 10 No 530,851 577,806 47.9 No Init Doctor Must Give Parent Notice Before Minor's Abortion
May 1990 11 No 351,977 741,863 32.2 Yes Init School Choice System, Tax Credit for Education Outside Public Schools
May 1992 1 No 244,173 451,715 35.1 Yes Leg Future Fuel Taxes May Go to Police
1992 1 No 653,062 786,017 45.4 Yes Leg Bonds May be Issued for State Parks
1992 2 No 399,259 1,039,322 27.8 Yes Leg Future Fuel Taxes May Go to Parks
1992 3 YES 1,003,706 439,694 69.5 Yes Init Limits Terms for Legislature, Statewide Offices, Congressional Offices
1992 4 No 567,467 896,778 38.8 No Init Bans Operation of Triple Truck-Trailer Combinations on Oregon Highways
1992 5 No 585,051 874,636 40.1 No Init Closes Trojan Until Nuclear Waste, Cost, Earthquake, Health Conditions Met
1992 6 No 619,329 830,850 42.7 No Init Bans Trojan Power Operation Unless Earthquake, Waste Storage Conditions Met
1992 7 No 362,621 1,077,206 25.2 Yes Init Raises Tax Limit on Certain Property; Residential Renters' Tax Relief
1992 8 No 576,633 828,096 41 No Init Restricts Lower Columbia Fish Harvests to Most Selective Means Available
1992 9 No 638,527 828,290 43.5 Yes Init Government Cannot Facilitate, Must Discourage Homosexuality, Other "Behaviors"
June 1993 1 No 180,070 482,714 27.2 No Leg Allows Voter Approval of Urban Renewal Bond Repayment Outside Limit
1993 1 No 240,991 721,930 25.0 No Leg Should We Pass A 5% Sales Tax for Public Schools with these Restrictions?
1994 2 No 158,028 446,665 26.1 No Leg Allows New Motor Vehicle Fuel Revenues for Dedicated Purposes
1994 3 YES 776,197 382,126 67.0 Yes Leg Changes Deadline for Filling Vacancies at General Election
1994 4 YES 1,055,111 145,499 87.9 Yes Leg Creates Vacancy if State Legislator Convicted of Felony
1994 5 No 543,302 671,025 44.7 Yes Init Bars New or Increased Taxes without Voter Approval
1994 6 YES 628,180 555,019 53.1 Yes Init Candidates May Use Only Contributions from District Residents
1994 7 No 512,980 671,021 43.3 Yes Init Guarantees Equal Protection: Lists Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination
1994 8 YES 611,760 610,776 50.0 Yes Init Public Employees Pay Part of Salary for Pension
1994 9 YES 851,014 324,224 72.4 No Init Adopts Contribution and Spending Limits, Other Campaign Finance Law Changes. Limited contributions to $100 for legislative candidates, $500 for statewide candidates. Most provisions struck down by Oregon Supreme Court in February 1997.
1994 10 YES 763,507 415,678 64.7 Yes Init Legislature Cannot Reduce Voter-Approved Sentence Without 2/3 Vote
1994 11 YES 788,695 412,816 65.6 No Init Mandatory Sentences for Listed Felonies; Covers Persons 15 and Up
1994 12 No 450,553 731,146 38.1 No Init Repeals Prevailing Rate Wage Requirement for Workers on Public Works
1994 13 No 592,746 630,628 48.5 Yes Init Governments Cannot Approve, Create Classifications Based on, Homosexuality
1994 14 No 500,005 679,936 42.4 Yes Init Amends Chemical Process Mining Laws: Adds Requirements, Prohibitions, Standards, Fees
1994 15 No 438,018 760,853 36.5 Yes Init State Must Maintain Funding for Schools, Community Colleges
1994 16 YES 627,980 596,018 51.3 No Init Allows Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Prescription for Lethal Drugs
1994 17 YES 859,896 350,541 71.0 Yes Init Requires State Prison Inmates to Work Full Time
1994 18 YES 629,527 586,026 51.8 No Init Bans Hunting Bears with Bait, Hunting Bears, Cougars with Dogs
1994 19 No 549,754 652,139 45.7 Yes Init No Free Speech Protection for Obscenity, Child Pornography
1994 20 No 284,195 898,416 24.0 Yes Init Equal Tax on Trade Replaces Current Taxes
May 1995 21 YES 671,027 99,728 87.06% Yes Leg Dedicates portion of lottery funds to education
May 1995 22 YES 709,931 45,311 94.00% Yes Leg Inhabitancy in state legislative districts
May 1996 23 YES 466,580 177,218 72.47 Yes Leg Increases Minimum Value in Controversy Required to Obtain Jury Trial
May 1996 24 No 279,399 360,592 43.66 Yes Leg Initiative Petition Signatures Must Be Collected From Each Congressional District
May 1996 25 YES 349,918 289,930 54.69 Yes Leg Requires 3/5 Majority in Legislature to Pass Revenue-Raising Bills
1996 26 YES 878,677 440,283 66.62 Yes Leg Changes the Principles that Govern Laws for Punishment of Crime
1996 27 No 349,050 938,819 27.1 Yes Leg Grants Legislature New Power Over Both New, Existing Administrative Rules
1996 28 YES 708,341 593,136 54.43 Yes Leg Repeals Certain Residency Requirements for State Veterans' Loans
1996 29 No 335,057 958,947 25.89 Yes Leg Governor's Appointees Must Vacate Office If Successor Not Timely Confirmed
1996 30 YES 731,127 566,168 56.36 Yes Leg State Must Pay Local Governments Costs of State-Mandated Programs
1996 31 No 630,980 706,974 47.16 Yes Leg Obscenity May Receive No Greater Protection Than Under Federal Constitution
1996 32 No 622,764 704,970 46.9 No REF Authorizes Bonds for Portland Region Light Rail, Transportation Projects Elsewhere
1996 33 No 638,824 652,811 49.46 Yes Init Limits Legislative Change to Statutes Passed by Voters
1996 34 No 570,803 762,979 42.8 No Init Wildlife Management Exclusive to Commission; Repeals1994 Bear/Cougar Initiative
1996 35 No 441,108 807,987 35.31 No Init Restricts Bases for Providers to Receive Pay for Health Care
1996 36 YES 769,725 584,303 56.85 No Init Increases Minimum Hourly Wage to $6.50 Over Three Years
1996 37 No 540,645 818,336 39.78 No Init Broadens Types of Beverage Containers Requiring Deposit and Refund Value
1996 38 No 479,921 852,661 36.01 No Init Prohibits Livestock in Certain Polluted Waters or on Adjacent Lands
1996 39 No 569,037 726,824 43.91 Yes Init Government, Private Entities Cannot Discriminate Among Health Care Provider Categories
1996 40 YES 778,574 544,301 58.85 Yes Init Gives Crime Victims Rights, Expands Admissible Evidence, Limits Pretrial Release
1996 41 No 446,115 838,088 34.74 Yes Init States How Public Employee Earnings Must Be Expressed
1996 42 No 460,553 857,878 34.93 Yes Init Requires Testing of Public School Students; Public Report
1996 43 No 547,131 707,586 43.61 No Init Amends Collective Bargaining Law for Public Safety Employees
1996 44 YES 759,048 598,543 55.91 No Init Increases, Adds Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes; Changes Tax Revenue Distribution
1996 45 No 458,238 866,461 34.59 Yes Init Raises Public Employees' Normal Retirement Age; Reduces Benefits
1996 46 No 158,555 1,180,148 11.84 Yes Init Counts Non-Voters As "No" Votes on Tax Measures
1996 47 YES 704,554 642,613 52.3 Yes Init Reduces and Limits Property Taxes; Limits Local Revenues, Replacement Fees
1996 48 No 624,771 671,095 48.21 Yes Init Instructs State, Federal Legislators to Vote for Congressional Term Limits
May 1997 49 YES 699,813 70940 90.8 Yes Leg Restricts Inmate Lawsuits; Allows Interstate Shipment of Prison Made Products
1997 50 YES 429,943 341,781 55.71 Yes Leg Limits Assessed Value of Property for Tax Purposes; Limits Property Tax Rates
1997 51 No 445,830 666,275 40.09 No Leg Repeals Law Allowing Terminally Ill Adults To Obtain Lethal Prescription
1997 52 YES 805,742 293,425 73.3 No Leg Authorizes State Lottery Bond Program To Finance Public School Projects
May 1998 53 No 303,539 319,871 48.69 Yes Leg Eliminates Voter Turnout Requirement For Passing Certain Property Tax Measures
1998 54 YES 569,982 474,727 54.56 Yes Leg Authorizes State To Guarantee Bonded Indebtedness Of Certain Education Districts
1998 55 No 456,464 579,251 44.07 Yes Leg Permits State To Guarantee Earnings On Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
1998 56 YES 874,547 212,737 80.43 No Leg Expands Notice To Landowners Regarding Changes To Land Use Laws
1998 57 No 371,967 736,968 33.54 No REF Makes Possession Of Limited Amount Of Marijuana Class C Misdemeanor
1998 58 YES 621,832 462,084 57.37 No Init Requires Issuing Copy Of Original Oregon Birth Certificate to Adoptees
1998 59 No 539,757 561,952 48.99 Yes Init Prohibits Using Public Resources To Collect Money For Political Purposes
1998 60 YES 757,204 334,021 69.39 No Init Requires Vote By Mail In Biennial Primary, General Elections
1998 61 No No Init Changes minimum sentences for listed crimes, including certain repeat offenses (Vote not tallied by court order)
1998 62 YES 721,448 347,112 67.52 Yes Init Requires Campaign Finance Disclosures; Regulates Signature Gathering; Guarantees Contribution Methods
1998 63 YES 566,064 457,762 55.29 Yes Init Measures Proposing Supermajority Voting Requirements Require Same Supermajority For Passage
1998 64 No 215,491 897,535 19.36 No Init Prohibits Many Present Timber Harvest Practices, Imposes More Restrictive Regulations
1998 65 No 483,811 533,948 47.54 Yes Init Creates Process For Requiring Legislature To Review Administrative Rules - sought to restrict Legislature's ability to regulate land use
1998 66 YES 742,038 362,247 67.2 Yes Init Dedicates Some Lottery Funding To Parks, Beaches; Habitat, Watershed Protection
1998 67 YES 611,190 508,263 54.6 No Init Allows Medical Use Of Marijuana Within Limits; Establishes Permit System - legalized medical marijuana
1999 68 YES 406,526 289,407 58.41 Yes Leg Allows Protecting Business, Certain Government Programs From Prison Work Programs
1996 69 YES 406,393 292,419 58.15 Yes Leg Grants Victims Constitutional Rights In Criminal Prosecutions, Juvenile Court Delinquency Proceedings
1996 70 No 289,783 407,429 41.56 Yes Leg Gives Public, Through Prosecutor, Right To Demand Jury Trial In Criminal Cases
1996 71 YES 404,404 292,696 58.01 Yes Leg Limits Pretrial Release Of Accused Person To Protect Victims, Public
1996 72 No 316,351 382,685 45.26 Yes Leg Allows Murder Conviction By 11 To 1 Jury Verdict
1996 73 No 320,160 369,843 46.4 Yes Leg Limits Immunity From Criminal Prosecution Of Person Ordered To Testify About His Or Her Conduct
1996 74 YES 368,899 325,078 53.16 Yes Leg Requires Terms Of Imprisonment Announced In Court Be Fully Served, With Exceptions
1996 75 YES 399,671 292,445 57.75 Yes Leg Persons Convicted Of Certain Crimes Cannot Serve On Grand Juries, Criminal Trial Juries
1999 76 YES 372,613 314,351 54.24 Yes Leg Requires Light, Heavy Motor Vehicle Classes Proportionately Share Highway Costs
May 2000 77 No 336,253 432,541 43.74% Yes Leg Makes Certain Local Taxing Districts' Temporary Property Tax Authority Permanent
May 2000 78 YES 528,129 327,440 61.73% Yes Leg Lengthens Period For Verifying Signatures On Initiative And Referendum Petitions
May 2000 79 No 356,912 505,081 41.41% Yes Leg Increases Signatures Required To Place Initiative Amending Constitution On Ballot
May 2000 80 No 310,640 559,941 35.68% Yes Leg Authorizes Using Fuel Tax, Vehicle Fees For Increasing Highway Policing
May 2000 81 No 219,009 650,348 25.19% Yes Leg Allows Legislature To Limit Recovery Of Damages In Civil Actions
May 2000 82 No 109,741 767,329 12.51% No Ref Repeals Truck Weight-Mile Tax; Establishes And Increases Fuel Taxes
2000 83 YES 1,084,870 365,203 74.81% Yes Leg Authorizes New Standards, Priorities For Veterans' Loans; Expands Qualified Recipients
2000 84 YES 1,211,384 222,723 84.47% Yes Leg State Must Continue Paying Local Governments For State--Mandated Programs
2000 85 No 634,307 767,366 45.25% Yes Leg Modifies Population, Minimum Area Requirements For Formation Of New Counties
2000 86 YES 898,793 550,304 62.02% Yes Leg mandated kicker checks in the state Constitution. (Previous kicker law was a statute.)
2000 87 No 694,410 771,901 47.36% Yes Leg Allows Regulation Of Location Of Sexually Oriented Businesses Through Zoning
2000 88 YES 739,270 724,097 50.52% No Leg Increases Maximum Deductible In Oregon For Federal Income Taxes Paid
2000 89 No 622,814 828,117 42.93% No Leg Dedicates Tobacco Settlement Proceeds To Specified Health, Housing, Transportation Programs
2000 90 No 158,810 1,208,545 11.61% No Ref Authorizes Rates Giving Utilities Return On Investments In Retired Property
2000 91 No 661,342 814,885 44.80% Yes Init Makes Federal Income Taxes Fully Deductible On Oregon Tax Returns
2000 92 No 656,250 815,338 44.59% Yes Init Prohibits Payroll Deductions For Political Purposes Without Specific Written Authorization
2000 93 No 581,186 865,091 40.18% Yes Init Voters Must Approve Most Taxes, Fees; Requires Certain Approval Percentage
2000 94 No 387,068 1,073,275 26.51% No Init would have repealed 1994's Measure 11.
2000 95 No 514,926 962,250 34.86% Yes Init Student Learning Determines Teacher Pay; Qualifications, Not Seniority, Determine Retention
2000 96 No 527,613 866,588 37.84% Yes Init Prohibits Making Initiative Process Harder, Except Through Initiative; Applies Retroactively
2000 97 No 606,939 867,219 41.17% No Init Bans Body--Gripping Animal Traps, Some Poisons; Restricts Fur Commerce
2000 98 No 678,024 776,489 46.62% Yes Init Prohibits Using Public Resources For Political Purposes; Limits Payroll Deductions
2000 99 YES 911,217 539,414 62.82% Yes Init Creates Commission Ensuring Quality Home Care Services For Elderly, Disabled
2000 1 YES 940,223 477,461 66.32% Yes Init Legislature Must Fund School Quality Goals Adequately; Report; Establish Grants
2000 2 No 605,575 779,190 43.73% Yes Init sought to restrict Legislature's ability to regulate land use
2000 3 YES 952,792 465,081 67.20% Yes Init prohibited forfeiture without conviction.
2000 4 No 650,850 789,543 45.19% No Init Dedicates Tobacco-Settlement Proceeds; Earnings Fund Low-Income Health Care
2000 5 YES 921,926 569,996 61.79% No Init Expands Circumstances Requiring Background Checks Before Transfer Of Firearm
2000 6 No 586,910 838,011 41.19% No Init Provides Public Funding To Candidates Who Limit Spending, Private Contributions
2000 7 YES unavailable unavailable 53% Yes Init Just Compensation For Regulatory Takings
2000 8 No 608,090 789,699 43.50% Yes Init would have capped state spending
2000 9 No 702,572 788,691 47.11% No Init would have prohibited "encouragement" of homosexuality by public schools.
May 2002 10 YES 608,640 177,004 77.47% Yes Leg Allows Public Universities To Receive Equity In Private Companies As Compensation For Publicly Created Technology
May 2002 11 YES 589,869 190,226 75.62% Yes Leg Authorizes Less Expensive General Obligation Bond financing for OHSU Medical Research and other Capital Costs
May 2002 13 No 376,605 411,923 47.76% Yes Leg Authorizes Using Education Fund Principal In Specified Circumstances; Transfers $220 Million To School Fund (referred to as "rainy day fund" in media)
2002 19 YES 496,815 306,440 61.85% Yes Leg similar to Measure 13, but transferred less money.
September 2002 20 YES 522,613 289,119 64.38% No Leg Increases Cigarette Tax; Uses Revenue for Health Plan, Other Programs
2002 14 YES 867,901 352,027 71.14% Yes Leg Removes Historical Racial References in Obsolete Sections of Constitution
2002 15 YES 671,640 535,638 55.63% Yes Leg Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Public Education Buildings
2002 16 YES 669,451 530,587 55.79% Yes Leg Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Emergency Services Buildings
2002 17 No 341,717 910,331 27.29% Yes Leg would have lowered minimum age for serving in state legislature from 21 to 18.
2002 18 No 450,444 704,116 39.01% Yes Leg Allows Certain Tax Districts to Establish Permanent Property Tax Rates and Divide into Tax Zones
2002 21 No 526,450 668,256 44.07% Yes Init Revises Procedure for Filling Judicial Vacancies, Electing Judges; Allows Vote for "None of the Above"
2002 22 No 595,936 610,063 49.41% Yes Init Requires Supreme Court Judges and Court of Appeals Judges to be Elected by District
2002 23 No 265,310 969,537 21.49% No Init Creates Health Care Finance Plan for Medically Necessary Services; Creates Additional Income, Payroll Taxes
2002 24 YES 907,979 286,492 76.02% No Init Allows Licensed Denturists to Install Partial Dentures; Authorizes Cooperative Dentist--Denturist Business Ventures
2002 25 YES 645,016 611,658 51.33% No Init raised minimum wage to $6.90, tied it to the consumer price index.
2002 26 YES 921,606 301,415 75.35% Yes Init prohibited paying signature gatherers (for initiative petitions) per signature
2002 27 No 371,851 886,806 29.54% No Init Requires Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Foods (as Defined) Sold or Distributed in or From Oregon
January 2003 28 No 575,846 676,312 45.99% No Leg would have created a temporary (3-year) 1% income tax increase to balance state budgets.
September 2003 29 YES 360,209 291,778 55.25% Yes Leg authorize state to incur general obligation debt for savings on pension liabilities.
February 2004 30 No 481,315 691,462 41.04% No Ref Create a temporary income tax surcharge to balance state budgets.
2004 31 YES 112,2852 588,502 65.61% Yes Leg Postpone certain elections in the event of a candidate's death.
2004 32 YES 104,8090 661,576 61.30% Yes Leg Mobile home taxes and fees.
2004 33 No 764,015 1,021,814 42.78% No Init Expand Oregon Medical Marijuana Act to allow for the creation of nonprofit dispensaries.
2004 34 No 659,467 1,060,496 38.34% No Init Timber production/Resource conservation.
2004 35 No 869,054 896,857 49.21% Yes Init Malpractice lawsuit limits.
2004 36 YES 1,028,546 787,556 56.63% Yes Init Define marriage as between one man and one woman.
2004 37 YES 1,054,589 685,079 60.62% No Init Require governments to pay owners when condemning or taking private property, including laws precluding many economically viable or otherwise owner-beneficial uses.
2004 38 No 670,935 1,037,722 39.27% No Init Abolish SAIF, the state-run workers' compensation provider.
2006 39 YES 881,820 431,844 67.13% No Init Restrict the use of Eminent Domain
2006 40 No 576,153 749,404 43.46% Yes Init Restrict eligibility to the Oregon Supreme Court based on geographic origin
2006 41 No 483,443 818,452 37.13% No Init Allow Federal Tax Credit on Oregon Taxes
2006 42 No 479,935 876,075 35.39% No Init Ban the use of credit reports in determining insurance premiums
2006 43 No 616,876 746,606 45.24% No Init Require parental notification for abortions for girls aged 15-17
2006 44 YES 1,049,594 296,649 77.96% No Init Extend discount prescription drug program to all Oregon citizens
2006 45 No 555,016 788,895 41.30% Yes Init Require term limits for Oregon Legislative Assembly
2006 46 No 520,342 770,251 40.32% Yes Init Permit laws that limit campaign contributions
2006 47 YES 694,918 615,256 53.04% No Init Revise campaign finance laws to limit or prohibit campaign contributions for state and local elections
2006 48 No 379,971 923,629 29.15% Yes Init Create a state spending cap indexed to inflation and population growth
2007 49 YES 718,023 437,351 62.15% No Leg Modifies 2004's Measure 37, altering land-use regulations
2007 50 No 472,063 686,470 40.75% Yes Leg Increases the tobacco tax to fund various programs, including health coverage & Healthy Kids Program
May 2008 51 YES 744,195 249,143 74.92% Yes Leg Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.
May 2008 52 YES 738,092 247,738 74.87% Yes Leg Enables crime victims to enforce existing constitutional rights in prosecutions, delinquency proceedings; authorizes implementing legislation.
May 2008 53 YES 489,592 489,042 50.03% Yes Leg Modifies provisions governing civil forfeitures related to crimes; permits use of proceeds by law enforcement.
2008 54 YES 1,194,173 450,979 72.59% Yes Leg Standardizes voting eligibility for school board elections with other state and local elections
2008 55 YES 1,251,478 364,993 77.42% Yes Leg Changes operative date of redistricting plans; allows affected legislators to finish term in original district
2008 56 YES 959,118 735,500 56.60% Yes Leg Provides that May and November property tax elections are decided by majority of voters voting
2008 57 YES 1,058,955 665,942 61.39% Yes Leg Increases sentences for drug trafficking, theft against elderly and specified repeat property and identity theft crimes; requires addiction treatment for certain offenders.
2008 58 No 756,903 977,696 43.64% No Init Prohibits teaching public school student in language other than English for more than two years
2008 59 No 615,894 1,084,422 36.22% No Init Creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers' Oregon income-tax returns
2008 60 No 673,296 1,070,682 38.61% No Init Teacher "classroom performance," not seniority, determines pay raises; "most qualified" teachers retained, regardless of seniority
2008 61 No 848,901 887,165 48.90% No Init Creates mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burglary crimes
2008 62 No 674,428 1,035,756 39.44% Yes Init Allocates 15% of lottery proceeds to public safety fund for crime prevention, investigation, prosecution
2008 63 No 784,376 928,721 45.79% No Init Exempts specified property owners from building permit requirements for improvements valued at/under 35,000 dollars
2008 64 No 835,563 854,327 49.44% No Init Penalizes person, entity for using funds collected with "public resource" (defined) for "political purpose" (defined)
2008 65 No 553,640 1,070,580 34.09% No Init Changes general election nomination processes for major/minor party, independent candidates for most partisan offices
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