Changes to laws governing ballot measures
Every year, state legislatures propose legislation to make changes to the laws governing ballot measures—including citizen initiatives, veto referendums, recall, and legislative referrals. These bills include restrictions on the initiative process, bills that lift restrictions, bills that change election dates or various deadlines, and many other types of changes.
Since 2007, Ballotpedia has tracked these changes each year and highlighted the proposals that are approved and the ones that have the largest impact on direct democracy.
- Changes in 2024 to laws governing ballot measures
- Difficulty analysis of changes to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2023 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2022 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2021 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2020 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2019 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2018 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2017 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2016 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2015 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2014 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2013 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2012 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2011 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2010 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2009 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2007 to laws governing ballot measures
- Changes in 2008 to laws governing ballot measures