The following is a list of ballot measures, whether initiated by legislators or citizens, which were certified to appear on various states' ballots during the 2024 United States elections.
List by State
Alabama State Origin Status Measure Description (Result of a "yes" vote) Date % req. Yes No Alabama Legislature Failed Alabama Amendment 1, Exempt Local Bills from Budget Isolation Resolution Amendment Exempts local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process. Mar5 >50% 341,51548.69% 359,85051.31% Alabama Legislature Approved Alabama Amendment 1, Allow Franklin County Board of Education to Manage, Sell, or Lease Land in the Franklin County School System Amendment Transfers control of land to the Franklin County Board of Education. Nov 5 >50% 1,159,79474.37% 399,64025.63%
Alaska State Origin Status Measure Description (Result of a "yes" vote) Date % req. Yes No Alaska Citizens Approved Measure 1 Increases the minimum wage to $15/hr (currently $11.73/hr) by July 2027; provides 40–56 hours of paid sick leave a year depending on employer size; protects employees from being required to attend meetings on political and religious matters. Nov5 >50% 183,74457.98% 133,16242.02% Citizens Failed Measure 2 Repeal Alaska's electoral system of ranked-choice (instant-runoff) voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries and return the state to partisan primaries and plurality voting. Nov5 >50% 160,12449.89% 160,86150.11%
Arizona State Origin Status Measure Description (Result of a "yes" vote) Date % req. Yes No Arizona Legislature Failed Proposition 133 Require partisan primary elections for partisan offices and prohibit primary elections where all candidates, regardless of political party affiliation, run in the same primary election, such as top-two, top-four, and top-five primaries Nov5 >50% 1,286,64042.18% 1,763,71157.82% Legislature Failed Proposition 134 Establishing a signature distribution requirement for citizen initiatives requiring signatures from 10% of votes cast for governor in each legislative district to qualify initiated state statutes for the ballot, and requiring signatures from 15% of votes cast for governor in each legislative district to qualify initiated constitutional amendments for the ballot. Nov 5 >50% 1,279,57441.98% 1,768,61358.02% Legislature Failed Proposition 135 Allow the legislature to terminate a state of emergency or change the emergency powers granted to the governor during a state of emergency; provide that a state of emergency automatically ends 30 days after it is declared, unless the state legislature extends the governor's emergency powers; and exempt emergencies related to a state of war, flood, or fire from the 30-day automatic termination. Nov 5 >50% 1,328,40243.56% 1,720,84956.44% Legislature Failed Proposition 136 Authorize a person to bring forth a lawsuit to stop a voter-proposed initiative from being placed on the ballot if that person sues at least one hundred days prior to the election and claims the proposed initiative would violate the United States Constitution or Arizona Constitution. Nov 5 >50% 1,151,82338.10% 1,871,36461.90% Legislature Failed Proposition 137 End term limits for state supreme court justices and superior court judges; provide that justices can hold office during good behavior as determined by a judicial review commission; eliminate retention elections based on terms for the Arizona Supreme Court, court of appeals, and some superior courts, including those for Nov. 5, 2024; and require retention elections in the future for some issues, such as following a criminal conviction, filing for bankruptcy, or not meeting judicial performance standards as the performance review commission determines. Nov 5 >50% 679,82422.33% 2,364,88877.67% Legislature Failed Proposition 138 Allow for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage if any tips received by the employee were not less than the minimum wage plus $2 for all hours worked. Nov 5 >50% 792,55725.24% 2,348,02374.76% Citizens Approved Proposition 139 Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother Nov 5 >50% 2,000,28761.61% 1,246,20238.39% Citizens Failed Proposition 140 Require primaries in which candidates, regardless of partisan affiliation, appear on a single ballot and a certain number advance to the general election, and require general election candidates to receive a majority of votes Nov5 >50% 1,284,17641.32% 1,823,44558.68% Legislature Approved Proposition 311 Establish a $20 fee on every conviction for a criminal offense, which would go to pay a benefit of $250,000 to the spouse or children of a first responder who is killed in the line of duty. Nov 5 >50% 2,016,45064.17% 1,126,07035.83% Legislature Approved Proposition 312 Allow for property owners to apply for a property tax refund if the city or locality in which the property is located does not enforce laws or ordinances regarding illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public thoroughfares, panhandling, public urination or defecation, public consumption of alcoholic beverages, and possession or use of illegal substances. Nov 5 >50% 1,804,72858.62% 1,274,03141.38% Legislature Approved Proposition 313 Require that anyone convicted of child sex trafficking be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or release. Nov 5 >50% 2,025,60864.54% 1,112,95135.46% Legislature Approved Proposition 314 Make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state at any location other than the port of entry; allow for state and local police to arrest noncitizens who cross the border unlawfully; allowing for state judges to order deportations; requiring the use of the E-Verify program in order to determine the immigration status of individuals before the enrollment in a financial aid or public welfare program; making it a Class 6 felony for individuals who submit false information or documents to an employer to evade detection of employment eligibility, or to apply for public benefits, and; make the sale of fentanyl a Class 2 felony if the person knowingly sells fentanyl and it results in the death of another person. Nov 5 >50% 1,949,52962.59% 1,165,23737.41% Legislature Failed Proposition 315 Prohibit a proposed rule from becoming effective if that rule is estimated to increase regulatory costs by more than $500,000 within five years after implementation, until the legislature enacts legislation ratifying the proposed rule. Nov5 >50% 1,383,30346.69% 1,579,54953.31%
Arkansas State Origin Status Measure Description (Result of a "yes" vote) Date % req. Yes No Arkansas Legislature Approved Issue 1 Allow proceeds from the state lottery to fund scholarships and grants for vocational-technical schools and technical institutes. Aug6 >50% 1,029,10289.19% 119,52710.41% Citizens Approved Issue 2 Repeal the authorization for a casino license in Pope County and requiring countywide voter approval for any new casino licenses. Aug6 >50% 638,65555.81% 505,77244.19%
California State Origin Status Measure Description (Result of a "yes" vote) Date % req. Yes No California Legislature Approved California Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure Reforms the Mental Health Services Act and issues $6.38 billion in bonds for homeless individuals and veterans. Mar5 >50% 3,636,67850.18% 3,610,43649.82% Bond Issue Approved Proposition 2 Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities. Nov5 >50% 8,820,84258.70% 6,207,39041.30% Legislature Approved Proposition 3 Repeal Proposition 8 and the states Constitutional Amendment against same-sex marriage by declaring that a "right to marry is a fundamental right" in the California Constitution. Nov5 >50% 9,477,43562.62% 5,658,18737.38% Bond Issue Approved Proposition 4 Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects. Nov5 >50% 9,055,11659.80% 6,086,41440.20% Legislature Failed Proposition 5 Measure to lower the vote threshold from two-thirds (66.67%) to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure. Nov5 >50% 6,738,89044.99% 8,239,33755.01% Legislature Failed Proposition 6 Eliminate the Constitutional provision permitting the use of involuntary servitude against incarcerated individuals. Nov5 >50% 6,895,60446.66% 7,882,13753.34% Citizens Failed Proposition 32 Increase the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all employers and thereafter adjusting the rate annually by increases to the cost of living. Nov5 >50% 7,469,80349.29% 7,686,12650.71% Citizens Failed Proposition 33 Repeals the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act, allowing cities to once again establish their own rent controls on single-family dwellings, condominiums, and residential properties completed after February 1, 1995. Nov5 >50% 5,979,88039.98% 8,975,54260.02% Citizens Approved Proposition 34 Requires health care providers that have spent over $100 million in any 10-year period on anything other than direct patient care, and operated multifamily housing with over 500 high-severity health and safety violations, to spend 98% of the revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care. Nov5 >50% 7,378,68650.89% 7,121,31749.11% Citizens Approved Proposition 35 Makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans, currently set to expire in 2026. It would also require the revenues generated by the tax to only be used for specified Medi-Cal services, and prohibit the revenue from being used to replace other existing Medi-Cal funding. Nov5 >50% 10,124,17467.91% 4,783,43432.09% Citizens Approved Proposition 36 Increase the penalties and sentences for certain drug and theft crimes from being only chargeable as misdemeanors. It would allow, among others, felony charges for possessing fentanyl and other certain drugs, and for thefts under $950, with two prior drug or theft convictions, respectively. Nov5 >50% 10,307,29668.42% 4,756,61231.58%
Colorado