Food and agriculture on the ballot

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Food and agriculture on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding food, food safety, food production, as well as all manners of farming and agricultural activities.

Examples:

Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alabama

  1. Alabama Cotton Producer Assessment Refund Amendment, Amendment 1 (2014)
  2. Alabama Sale of Cattle, Amendment 3 (1962)
  3. Alabama State Poultry Industry, Amendment 5 (1963)
  4. Alabama Farmers Amendment (1980)
  5. Alabama Poultry Industry Promotion Amendment (1982)
  6. Alabama Swine Promotion Amendment (March 1982)
  7. Alabama Soy Promotion Amendment (March 1982)
  8. Alabama Boll Weevil Eradication Amendment (1984)
  9. Alabama Cattle Industry Amendment (May 1985)
  10. Alabama Wheat and Feed Grain Amendment (1986)
  11. Alabama Catfish Industry Amendment (1988)
  12. Alabama Sheep and Goat Industry Promotion, Amendment 3 (2002)
  13. Alabama Shrimp and Seafood Promotion, Amendment 4 (2004)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Proposition 102, Agricultural Property Tax Exemption Amendment (1994)
  2. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Colorado River Power and Irrigation Initiative (1924)
  3. Arizona Measure Nos. 106-107, Limitations on Agricultural Land Sales Initiative (1918)
  4. Arizona Measure Nos. 312-313, Reclamation of Arable Lands Initiative (1920)
  5. Arizona Measure Nos. 114-115, Agricultural Associations Amendment (1922)
  6. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Meat Inspection Codes Referendum (1926)
  7. Arizona Proposition 300, Prohibition of Food Tax Amendment (1974)

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas Dairy Commission, Referred Act 306 (1968)
  2. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption Amendment (1910)
  3. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption Amendment (September 1912)
  4. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption, Amendment 12 (1926)
  5. Arkansas Soft Drink Tax, Proposed Referred Act 1 (1994)
  6. Arkansas Taxes on Food and Medicine, Proposed Amendment 3 (2002)

California

  1. California Proposition 37, Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Initiative (2012)
  2. California Proposition 135, Pesticide Regulation Initiative (1990)
  3. California Proposition 3, Oleomargarine Regulations Referendum (1926)
  4. California Rural Credits, Proposition 5 (October 1915)
  5. California Proposition 18, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (1936)
  6. California Proposition 14, Agricultural Labor Relations Board Initiative (1976)
  7. California Proposition 22, Agricultural Labor Relations Regulations Initiative (1972)
  8. California Proposition 163, Food Taxation Initiative (1992)
  9. California Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (2018)
  10. California Proposition 13, Repayment for Animals to Prevent the Spread of Disease Amendment (1930)
  11. California Farming and Food-Access Bond Measure (2024)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Amendment No. 7, Food Exempt from State Sales Tax Initiative (1976)
  2. Colorado Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative, Proposition 105 (2014)
  3. Colorado Branding and Marking of Livestock, Measure 23 (1912)
  4. Colorado Regulation of Livestock Running, Measure 6 (1916)
  5. Colorado Oleomargarine Tax Increase, Measure 2 (1932)
  6. Colorado Amendment 13, Regulations for Livestock Operations Initiative (1998)
  7. Colorado Amendment 14, Regulations on Commercial Hog Farms Initiative (1998)

Florida

  1. Florida Everglades Sugar Production Levy, Amendment 4 (1996)

Georgia

  1. Georgia Agricultural Products Fees, Amendment 4 (1996)
  2. Georgia Promotion of Agricultural Products, Amendment 8 (1960)
  3. Georgia Regulation of Agricultural Products, Amendment 20 (1966)
  4. Georgia Milk Product Marketing, Amendment 18 (1968)
  5. Georgia Agricultural Product Promotion, Amendment 19 (1968)
  6. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Peanuts, Amendment 13 (1970)
  7. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Agricultural Products, Amendment 6 (1974)
  8. Georgia Livestock Tax Exemptions, Amendment 12 (1978)
  9. Georgia Ownership of Agricultural Property, Amendment 9 (1984)
  10. Georgia Emerging Crops Loan Fund, Amendment 9 (1990)
  11. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Agricultural Property, Referendum A (1998)
  12. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Farm Equipment, Referendum A (2000)
  13. Georgia Farm Tax Exemptions, Referendum A (2006)
  14. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Blueberry Plants, Referendum B (1994)

Hawaii

  1. Hawaii Bonds for Agricultural Enterprises, Amendment 2 (2014)
  2. Hawaii Land Management and Agricultural Land, Amendment 24 (1978)

Kansas

  1. Kansas Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment (1976)

Kentucky

  1. Kentucky Agricultural Land Assessment Referendum (1969)

Louisiana

  1. Louisiana Farmer and Fisherman Funds Amendment, Question 4 (2004)

Maine

  1. Maine Grades of Milk, Question No. 2 (1925)
  2. Maine State Guaranteed Industrial Loans for Fisheries and Agriculture, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 6 (1967)
  3. Maine Land Valuation for Certain Lands at Current Value, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1970)
  4. Maine Agricultural and Economic Development, Referendum Question No. 1 (1981)
  5. Maine Wholesale and Retail Milk Price Control Repeal, Milk Price Control Question (1982)
  6. Maine Centers for Advanced Technology, Bond Issue 3 (1985)
  7. Maine Job Growth in Agriculture and Small Businesses, Question 6 (1996)
  8. Maine Science and Technology Research and Development, Question 1 (1998)
  9. Maine Public Lands and Easements, Question 7 (1999)
  10. Maine Water Pollution, Tire Stockpiles and Solid Waste Landfills Clean Up, Question 5 (2001)
  11. Maine Water, Hazardous Substances, Public Geographic Data and Fund Capitalizing, Question 2 (2002)
  12. Maine Agriculture, Environment and Water Projects, Question 3 (2005)
  13. Maine Land and Conservation Easement Purchases, Question 5 (2005)
  14. Maine Question 3, Right to Produce, Harvest, and Consume Food Amendment (2021)

Maryland

  1. Maryland Commission of Fisheries, Amendment 8 (1940)
  2. Maryland Farm Land Assessment, Amendment 14 (1960)

Massachusetts

  1. Massachusetts Taxation of Agricultural Land, Question 1 (1972)
  2. Massachusetts Minimum Size Requirements for Farm Animal Containment, Question 3 (2016)

Michigan

  1. Michigan Proposal A, Returnable Beverage Containers Initiative (1976)
  2. Michigan Proposal No. 8, Regulations on Oleomargarine Referendum (1932)
  3. Michigan Proposal No. 3, Milk Marketing Board Referendum (1942)
  4. Michigan Proposal No. 4, Sale of Yellow Oleomargarine Referendum (1950)
  5. Michigan Prohibit Installation of Utility-Scale Solar Installations on Agricultural-Zoned Land Initiative (2024)
  6. Michigan Proposal No. 3, Exempting Certain Food Products from Taxation Initiative (1936)
  7. Michigan Bonds for Drains and Agricultural Lands Amendment (1914)

Minnesota

  1. Minnesota Monopolization of Food Product Market, Amendment 1 (1888)
  2. Minnesota Amendment 3, Right to Sell One's Produce without License Amendment (1906)
  3. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 3 (1908)
  4. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 3 (1910)
  5. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 2 (1912)
  6. Minnesota Rural Credit System, Amendment 1 (1922)
  7. Minnesota Establish Grain Elevators, Amendment 3 (1924)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Supervisor of Public Welfare Proposition, Issue 8 (1922)
  2. Missouri State Department of Agriculture Proposition, Issue 9 (1922)
  3. Missouri Right-to-Farm, Amendment 1 (August 2014)

Montana

  1. Montana Terminal Elevator Bonds, Referendum 1 (1918)
  2. Montana Levy for Agricultural and Extension Service, R-34 (1930)
  3. Montana Abolish State Board of Milk Control, I-96 (1984)
  4. Montana Milk Price Decontrol, I-104 (1986)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Pure Food Department, Amendment 2 (1916)
  2. Nebraska Grain Tax, Amendment 2 (1956)
  3. Nebraska Livestock Taxation, Amendment 3 (1960)
  4. Nebraska Valuation of Agricultural Land, Amendment 5 (1966)
  5. Nebraska Valuation of Agricultural Lands, Amendment 7 (1972)
  6. Nebraska Beverage Container Deposits, Initiative 1 (1978)
  7. Nebraska Purchase of Farm Lands, Amendment 6 (1982)
  8. Nebraska Classification of Agricultural Land, Amendment 4 (1984)

New Mexico

  1. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 3, Contracts for Grazing and Agricultural Leases (1942)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Public Question Three (2007)
  2. New Jersey Public Question No. 6 (1963)

New York

  1. New York Onondaga Salt Springs, Amendment 3 (1892)

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Agricultural Research Bonds, Referendum 10 (1961)
  2. North Carolina Agricultural Bonds, Amendment 1 (May 1984)

North Dakota

  1. North Dakota Farming and Ranching Amendment, Measure 3 (2012)
  2. North Dakota State Ownership of Grain Elevators Referendum (1912)
  3. North Dakota Terminal Grain Elevators Referendum (1914)
  4. North Dakota Repeal Mill Tax for Terminal Elevators (1916)
  5. North Dakota Hail Insurance Initiative (1918)
  6. North Dakota Hail Insurance Referendum (1918)
  7. North Dakota Grain Grading Initiative (1922)
  8. North Dakota Farm Labor Lien Initiative (1924)
  9. North Dakota Corporation Farming and Agriculture Prohibition Initiative (1932)
  10. North Dakota Outlawing Crop Mortgages Initiative (1932)
  11. North Dakota Crop Mortgage Initiative (1932)
  12. North Dakota Packing Plants Referendum (1936)
  13. North Dakota Repeal Grain Storage Commissioner Referendum (1939)
  14. North Dakota Food Sales Tax Exemption, Initiative 1 (1954)
  15. North Dakota Agricultural and Educational Funding Separation, Referendum 2 (1962)
  16. North Dakota Incorporated Farming and Ranching Referendum, Number 3 (1968)
  17. North Dakota Family-Owned Corporate Farms Initiative, Measure 2 (1974)
  18. North Dakota Volume-Based License Fees for Creameries Referendum (1938)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Manufacture and Sale of Colored Oleomargarine Initiative (1949)
  2. Ohio Prohibition of Taxes on Carbonated Beverages Initiative (1994)
  3. Ohio Prohibition of the Taxation of Food Initiative (1936)

Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma Sale of Oleomargarine, State Question 164 (1932)
  2. Oklahoma Soil Conservation, State Question 170 (July 1932)
  3. Oklahoma Right to Farm Amendment, State Question 777 (2016)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Measure 27, Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Foods Initiative (2002)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Farming Tax Exemption Initiative (June 1908)
  3. Oregon Measure Nos. 318-319, Rural Credits Fund for Farming-Related Purchases Initiative (1916)
  4. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Bonds for Irrigation and Drainage Districts Amendment (June 1919)
  5. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Oleomargarine Regulation Referendum (1920)
  6. Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Oleomargarine and Condensed Milk Legality Referendum (1924)
  7. Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (1932)
  8. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (July 1933)
  9. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Repeal of Milk Control Law Initiative (1940)
  10. Oregon Measure Nos. 332-333, Milk Control Administrator Initiative (1952)
  11. Oregon Measure 8, Repeal of Milk Regulation Law Initiative (1954)
  12. Oregon Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative, Measure 92 (2014)
  13. Oregon Measure 38, Prohibition of Livestock in Polluted Waters Initiative (1996)

Pennsylvania

  1. Pennsylvania Question 1, Agricultural Land Preservation Bond Measure (1987)
  2. Pennsylvania Question 1, Agriculture Standards and Special Tax Provisions Amendment (May 1973)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Prohibit Corporate Farming, Amendment E (1998)
  2. South Dakota Assessments for Agricultural Drainage Referendum (1906)
  3. South Dakota State Irrigation Control and Promotion (1914)
  4. South Dakota State Grain Elevators, Warehouses, Flour and Meat Packing Businesses (1918)
  5. South Dakota Amend Public Warehouses Law (1924)
  6. South Dakota Butter Tax (1932)
  7. South Dakota Repeal Dairy Marketing Act, Initiative 2 (1978)
  8. South Dakota Ban Corporate Hog Farms, Initiative 3 (1988)
  9. South Dakota Restrictions on Corporate Farming, Amendment A (June 2002)
  10. South Dakota No Tax on Food, Initiative 1 (2004)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Farm Product Exemptions Amendment (September 1879)
  2. Texas Proposition 1, Taxation of Agricultural Lands Amendment (1966)
  3. Texas Proposition 5, Marine and Agricultural Associations Amendment (1977)
  4. Texas Proposition 5, Tax Exemptions for Livestock and Poultry Amendment (1981)
  5. Texas Proposition 3, Tax Exemptions for Husbandry Implements Amendment (1982)
  6. Texas Proposition 3, Food and Fiber Production Amendment (1983)
  7. Texas Grain Warehouse Fund, Proposition 1 (1987)
  8. Texas Agricultural Bonds, Proposition 16 (1993)
  9. Texas Tax Exemptions in Harris County, Proposition 3 (2001)
  10. Texas Proposition 1, Right to Farming, Ranching, Timber Production, Horticulture, and Wildlife Management Amendment (2023)

Washington

  1. Washington Referendum 16, Requirements for Butter Substitutes Measure (1924)
  2. Washington Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Measure, Initiative 522 (2013)
  3. Washington HJR 42, Agricultural Trade Commissions Amendment (1985)
  4. Washington Initiative 59, Non-Public Agricultural Irrigation Measure (1977)
  5. Washington Initiative 345, Food Products Sales Tax Exemption Measure (1977)
  6. Washington Referendum 45, Expansion of Fish and Wildlife Commission Responsiblities Measure (1995)
  7. Washington Referendum 32, Milk Marketing Regulation Measure (1962)
  8. Washington Initiative 180, Yellow Oleomargarine Legalization Measure (1952)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2024

  1. California Farming and Food-Access Bond Measure (2024)
  2. Michigan Prohibit Installation of Utility-Scale Solar Installations on Agricultural-Zoned Land Initiative (2024)

2023

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Right to Farming, Ranching, Timber Production, Horticulture, and Wildlife Management Amendment (2023)

2021

  1. Maine Question 3, Right to Produce, Harvest, and Consume Food Amendment (2021)

2018

  1. California Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (2018)

2016

  1. Massachusetts Minimum Size Requirements for Farm Animal Containment, Question 3 (2016)
  2. Oklahoma Right to Farm Amendment, State Question 777 (2016)

2014

  1. Alabama Cotton Producer Assessment Refund Amendment, Amendment 1 (2014)
  2. Missouri Right-to-Farm, Amendment 1 (August 2014)
  3. Oregon Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative, Measure 92 (2014)
  4. Hawaii Bonds for Agricultural Enterprises, Amendment 2 (2014)
  5. Colorado Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative, Proposition 105 (2014)

2013

  1. Washington Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Measure, Initiative 522 (2013)

2012

  1. California Proposition 37, Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Initiative (2012)
  2. North Dakota Farming and Ranching Amendment, Measure 3 (2012)

2007

  1. New Jersey Public Question Three (2007)

2006

  1. Georgia Farm Tax Exemptions, Referendum A (2006)

2005

  1. Maine Agriculture, Environment and Water Projects, Question 3 (2005)
  2. Maine Land and Conservation Easement Purchases, Question 5 (2005)

2004

  1. South Dakota No Tax on Food, Initiative 1 (2004)
  2. Louisiana Farmer and Fisherman Funds Amendment, Question 4 (2004)
  3. Alabama Shrimp and Seafood Promotion, Amendment 4 (2004)

2002

  1. Oregon Measure 27, Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Foods Initiative (2002)
  2. Maine Water, Hazardous Substances, Public Geographic Data and Fund Capitalizing, Question 2 (2002)
  3. South Dakota Restrictions on Corporate Farming, Amendment A (June 2002)
  4. Arkansas Taxes on Food and Medicine, Proposed Amendment 3 (2002)
  5. Alabama Sheep and Goat Industry Promotion, Amendment 3 (2002)

2001

  1. Maine Water Pollution, Tire Stockpiles and Solid Waste Landfills Clean Up, Question 5 (2001)
  2. Texas Tax Exemptions in Harris County, Proposition 3 (2001)

2000

  1. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Farm Equipment, Referendum A (2000)

1999

  1. Maine Public Lands and Easements, Question 7 (1999)

1998

  1. Colorado Amendment 13, Regulations for Livestock Operations Initiative (1998)
  2. Colorado Amendment 14, Regulations on Commercial Hog Farms Initiative (1998)
  3. Maine Science and Technology Research and Development, Question 1 (1998)
  4. South Dakota Prohibit Corporate Farming, Amendment E (1998)
  5. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Agricultural Property, Referendum A (1998)

1996

  1. Georgia Agricultural Products Fees, Amendment 4 (1996)
  2. Florida Everglades Sugar Production Levy, Amendment 4 (1996)
  3. Oregon Measure 38, Prohibition of Livestock in Polluted Waters Initiative (1996)
  4. Maine Job Growth in Agriculture and Small Businesses, Question 6 (1996)

1995

  1. Washington Referendum 45, Expansion of Fish and Wildlife Commission Responsiblities Measure (1995)

1994

  1. Arizona Proposition 102, Agricultural Property Tax Exemption Amendment (1994)
  2. Ohio Prohibition of Taxes on Carbonated Beverages Initiative (1994)
  3. Arkansas Soft Drink Tax, Proposed Referred Act 1 (1994)
  4. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Blueberry Plants, Referendum B (1994)

1993

  1. Texas Agricultural Bonds, Proposition 16 (1993)

1992

  1. California Proposition 163, Food Taxation Initiative (1992)

1990

  1. California Proposition 135, Pesticide Regulation Initiative (1990)
  2. Georgia Emerging Crops Loan Fund, Amendment 9 (1990)

1988

  1. South Dakota Ban Corporate Hog Farms, Initiative 3 (1988)
  2. Alabama Catfish Industry Amendment (1988)

1987

  1. Texas Grain Warehouse Fund, Proposition 1 (1987)
  2. Pennsylvania Question 1, Agricultural Land Preservation Bond Measure (1987)

1986

  1. Montana Milk Price Decontrol, I-104 (1986)
  2. Alabama Wheat and Feed Grain Amendment (1986)

1985

  1. Washington HJR 42, Agricultural Trade Commissions Amendment (1985)
  2. Maine Centers for Advanced Technology, Bond Issue 3 (1985)
  3. Alabama Cattle Industry Amendment (May 1985)

1984

  1. Montana Abolish State Board of Milk Control, I-96 (1984)
  2. Nebraska Classification of Agricultural Land, Amendment 4 (1984)
  3. North Carolina Agricultural Bonds, Amendment 1 (May 1984)
  4. Georgia Ownership of Agricultural Property, Amendment 9 (1984)
  5. Alabama Boll Weevil Eradication Amendment (1984)

1983

  1. Texas Proposition 3, Food and Fiber Production Amendment (1983)

1982

  1. Maine Wholesale and Retail Milk Price Control Repeal, Milk Price Control Question (1982)
  2. Texas Proposition 3, Tax Exemptions for Husbandry Implements Amendment (1982)
  3. Nebraska Purchase of Farm Lands, Amendment 6 (1982)
  4. Alabama Poultry Industry Promotion Amendment (1982)
  5. Alabama Swine Promotion Amendment (March 1982)
  6. Alabama Soy Promotion Amendment (March 1982)

1981

  1. Maine Agricultural and Economic Development, Referendum Question No. 1 (1981)
  2. Texas Proposition 5, Tax Exemptions for Livestock and Poultry Amendment (1981)

1980

  1. Alabama Farmers Amendment (1980)

1978

  1. South Dakota Repeal Dairy Marketing Act, Initiative 2 (1978)
  2. Nebraska Beverage Container Deposits, Initiative 1 (1978)
  3. Hawaii Land Management and Agricultural Land, Amendment 24 (1978)
  4. Georgia Livestock Tax Exemptions, Amendment 12 (1978)

1977

  1. Washington Initiative 59, Non-Public Agricultural Irrigation Measure (1977)
  2. Washington Initiative 345, Food Products Sales Tax Exemption Measure (1977)
  3. Texas Proposition 5, Marine and Agricultural Associations Amendment (1977)

1976

  1. Colorado Amendment No. 7, Food Exempt from State Sales Tax Initiative (1976)
  2. Michigan Proposal A, Returnable Beverage Containers Initiative (1976)
  3. California Proposition 14, Agricultural Labor Relations Board Initiative (1976)
  4. Kansas Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment (1976)

1974

  1. North Dakota Family-Owned Corporate Farms Initiative, Measure 2 (1974)
  2. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Agricultural Products, Amendment 6 (1974)
  3. Arizona Proposition 300, Prohibition of Food Tax Amendment (1974)

1973

  1. Pennsylvania Question 1, Agriculture Standards and Special Tax Provisions Amendment (May 1973)

1972

  1. Massachusetts Taxation of Agricultural Land, Question 1 (1972)
  2. Nebraska Valuation of Agricultural Lands, Amendment 7 (1972)
  3. California Proposition 22, Agricultural Labor Relations Regulations Initiative (1972)

1970

  1. Maine Land Valuation for Certain Lands at Current Value, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1970)
  2. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Peanuts, Amendment 13 (1970)

1969

  1. Kentucky Agricultural Land Assessment Referendum (1969)

1968

  1. Arkansas Dairy Commission, Referred Act 306 (1968)
  2. North Dakota Incorporated Farming and Ranching Referendum, Number 3 (1968)
  3. Georgia Milk Product Marketing, Amendment 18 (1968)
  4. Georgia Agricultural Product Promotion, Amendment 19 (1968)

1967

  1. Maine State Guaranteed Industrial Loans for Fisheries and Agriculture, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 6 (1967)

1966

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Taxation of Agricultural Lands Amendment (1966)
  2. Nebraska Valuation of Agricultural Land, Amendment 5 (1966)
  3. Georgia Regulation of Agricultural Products, Amendment 20 (1966)

1963

  1. New Jersey Public Question No. 6 (1963)
  2. Alabama State Poultry Industry, Amendment 5 (1963)

1962

  1. Washington Referendum 32, Milk Marketing Regulation Measure (1962)
  2. North Dakota Agricultural and Educational Funding Separation, Referendum 2 (1962)
  3. Alabama Sale of Cattle, Amendment 3 (1962)

1961

  1. North Carolina Agricultural Research Bonds, Referendum 10 (1961)

1960

  1. Maryland Farm Land Assessment, Amendment 14 (1960)
  2. Nebraska Livestock Taxation, Amendment 3 (1960)
  3. Georgia Promotion of Agricultural Products, Amendment 8 (1960)

1956

  1. Nebraska Grain Tax, Amendment 2 (1956)

1954

  1. Oregon Measure 8, Repeal of Milk Regulation Law Initiative (1954)
  2. North Dakota Food Sales Tax Exemption, Initiative 1 (1954)

1952

  1. Washington Initiative 180, Yellow Oleomargarine Legalization Measure (1952)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 332-333, Milk Control Administrator Initiative (1952)

1950

  1. Michigan Proposal No. 4, Sale of Yellow Oleomargarine Referendum (1950)

1949

  1. Ohio Manufacture and Sale of Colored Oleomargarine Initiative (1949)

1942

  1. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 3, Contracts for Grazing and Agricultural Leases (1942)
  2. Michigan Proposal No. 3, Milk Marketing Board Referendum (1942)

1940

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Repeal of Milk Control Law Initiative (1940)
  2. Maryland Commission of Fisheries, Amendment 8 (1940)

1939

  1. North Dakota Repeal Grain Storage Commissioner Referendum (1939)

1938

  1. North Dakota Volume-Based License Fees for Creameries Referendum (1938)

1936

  1. North Dakota Packing Plants Referendum (1936)
  2. California Proposition 18, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (1936)
  3. Ohio Prohibition of the Taxation of Food Initiative (1936)
  4. Michigan Proposal No. 3, Exempting Certain Food Products from Taxation Initiative (1936)

1933

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (July 1933)

1932

  1. Oklahoma Sale of Oleomargarine, State Question 164 (1932)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Oleomargarine Tax Referendum (1932)
  3. Colorado Oleomargarine Tax Increase, Measure 2 (1932)
  4. North Dakota Corporation Farming and Agriculture Prohibition Initiative (1932)
  5. North Dakota Outlawing Crop Mortgages Initiative (1932)
  6. North Dakota Crop Mortgage Initiative (1932)
  7. South Dakota Butter Tax (1932)
  8. Oklahoma Soil Conservation, State Question 170 (July 1932)
  9. Michigan Proposal No. 8, Regulations on Oleomargarine Referendum (1932)

1930

  1. Montana Levy for Agricultural and Extension Service, R-34 (1930)
  2. California Proposition 13, Repayment for Animals to Prevent the Spread of Disease Amendment (1930)

1926

  1. California Proposition 3, Oleomargarine Regulations Referendum (1926)
  2. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption, Amendment 12 (1926)
  3. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Meat Inspection Codes Referendum (1926)

1925

  1. Maine Grades of Milk, Question No. 2 (1925)

1924

  1. Washington Referendum 16, Requirements for Butter Substitutes Measure (1924)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Oleomargarine and Condensed Milk Legality Referendum (1924)
  3. North Dakota Farm Labor Lien Initiative (1924)
  4. Minnesota Establish Grain Elevators, Amendment 3 (1924)
  5. South Dakota Amend Public Warehouses Law (1924)
  6. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Colorado River Power and Irrigation Initiative (1924)

1922

  1. North Dakota Grain Grading Initiative (1922)
  2. Missouri Supervisor of Public Welfare Proposition, Issue 8 (1922)
  3. Missouri State Department of Agriculture Proposition, Issue 9 (1922)
  4. Minnesota Rural Credit System, Amendment 1 (1922)
  5. Arizona Measure Nos. 114-115, Agricultural Associations Amendment (1922)

1920

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Oleomargarine Regulation Referendum (1920)
  2. Arizona Measure Nos. 312-313, Reclamation of Arable Lands Initiative (1920)

1919

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Bonds for Irrigation and Drainage Districts Amendment (June 1919)

1918

  1. North Dakota Hail Insurance Initiative (1918)
  2. North Dakota Hail Insurance Referendum (1918)
  3. South Dakota State Grain Elevators, Warehouses, Flour and Meat Packing Businesses (1918)
  4. Montana Terminal Elevator Bonds, Referendum 1 (1918)
  5. Arizona Measure Nos. 106-107, Limitations on Agricultural Land Sales Initiative (1918)

1916

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 318-319, Rural Credits Fund for Farming-Related Purchases Initiative (1916)
  2. Colorado Regulation of Livestock Running, Measure 6 (1916)
  3. North Dakota Repeal Mill Tax for Terminal Elevators (1916)
  4. Nebraska Pure Food Department, Amendment 2 (1916)

1915

  1. California Rural Credits, Proposition 5 (October 1915)

1914

  1. North Dakota Terminal Grain Elevators Referendum (1914)
  2. South Dakota State Irrigation Control and Promotion (1914)
  3. Michigan Bonds for Drains and Agricultural Lands Amendment (1914)

1912

  1. Colorado Branding and Marking of Livestock, Measure 23 (1912)
  2. North Dakota State Ownership of Grain Elevators Referendum (1912)
  3. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 2 (1912)
  4. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption Amendment (September 1912)

1910

  1. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 3 (1910)
  2. Arkansas Cotton Mill Tax Exemption Amendment (1910)

1908

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Farming Tax Exemption Initiative (June 1908)
  2. Minnesota State Hail Insurance, Amendment 3 (1908)

1906

  1. South Dakota Assessments for Agricultural Drainage Referendum (1906)
  2. Minnesota Amendment 3, Right to Sell One's Produce without License Amendment (1906)

Before 1900

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Farm Product Exemptions Amendment (September 1879)
  2. Minnesota Monopolization of Food Product Market, Amendment 1 (1888)
  3. New York Onondaga Salt Springs, Amendment 3 (1892)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. Florida Genetically Engineered Food Label Amendment (2012)
  2. Massachusetts Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Initiative (2014)
  3. Colorado Care and Protection of Livestock Animals Initiative (2014)
  4. Montana Right to Natural Consumables Amendment (2014)
  5. Arizona Genetically Modified Organism Labeling Initiative (2014)
  6. Washington Genetically Modified Organism Labeling Measure, Initiative 1338 (2014)
  7. Oklahoma Right to Farm and Ranch Amendment (2014)
  8. Washington Food Labeling Initiative (2016)
  9. Washington Horse Meat Initiative (2016)
  10. Missouri Right to Farm Cannabis Initiative (2018)
  11. California Psilocybin Mushroom Decriminalization Initiative (2018)
  12. Washington Unrestricted and Tax Free Requirement for Any Plant, Fungi, or Cacti Initiative (2018)
  13. California Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax Initiative (2020)
  14. Washington State and Local Taxes on Groceries Initiative (2018)
  15. Colorado GMO Labeling of Food Initiative (2018)
  16. Maine Constitutional Right to Food Amendment (2020)
  17. Washington Vegetable Gardens Under Highways and Bridges Initiative (2021)
  18. Georgia Agricultural Aircraft Exempt from Property Taxes Measure (2022)
  19. Arizona Agricultural Chemicals Initiative (2020)
  20. Arizona Assess and Regulate Agricultural Chemicals Initiative (2018)
  21. Arizona Industrial Hemp Initiative (2018)
  22. California Herbicides and Pesticides Reduction Initiative (2020)
  23. Washington Right to Produce, Harvest, and Consume Food Initiative (2023)
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A • Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • C • California • Colorado • Connecticut • F • Florida • G • Georgia • H • Hawaii • I • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • K • Kansas • Kentucky • L • Louisiana • M • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • N • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • O • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • P • Pennsylvania • R • Rhode Island • S • South Carolina • South Dakota • T • Tennessee • Texas • U • Utah • V • Vermont • Virginia • W • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
Ballot Measures overview
By topic
A • Abortion • Admin of gov't • Affirmative action • Alcohol • Animal rights • Assisted death • B • Bonds • Budgets • Business regulation • C • Campaigns • Civil rights • Constitutional conventions • Constitutional language • County government • D • Daylight Saving Time • Death penalty • Direct democracy • E • Earthquakes • Education • Elections • Eminent domain • English • Environment • Executives • F • Federal constitutional issues • Firearms • G • Gambling • Government accountability • H • Healthcare • Housing • Hunting • I • Immigration • Insurance • J • State judiciary • L • LGBT • Labor • Law enforcement • Legislatures • M • Marijuana • Marriage • Minimum wage • Mottos • Municipal government • N • Natural resources • P • Pensions • Property • Public finance • R • Recall • Redistricting • Race and ethnicity • Religion • Rules about Sunday • S • Salaries of elected officials • Smoking bans • State budgets • State executives • State judiciary • State legislatures • Stem cells • Supermajority requirements • Sundays • T • Taxes • Tobacco • Transportation • U • Unions • Utilities • V • Veterans • W • Wages • War and peace • Water • Welfare
By type
By year
2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 • 1994 • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990 • 1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 • 1984 • 1983 • 1982 • 1981 • 1980 • 1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975 • 1974 • 1973 • 1972 • 1971 • 1970 • 1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965 • 1964 • 1963 • 1962 • 1961 • 1960 • 1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955 • 1954 • 1953 • 1952 • 1951 • 1950 • 1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945 • 1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 • 1940 • 1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 • 1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930 • 1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 • 1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920 • 1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915 • 1914 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 • 1910 • 1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905 • 1904 • 1903 • 1902 • 1901 • 1900
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