Laws governing ballot measures in Utah
Citizens of Utah may initiate legislation as indirectly initiated constitutional amendments and indirectly initiated state statutes. In Utah, citizens also have the power to repeal legislation via veto referendum.
The Utah State Legislature may place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments, advisory questions, and legislatively referred constitution convention questions. A two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber during one legislative session is required to refer amendments and constitutional convention questions to the ballot. Advisory questions require a simple majority vote in each chamber during one legislative session to be referred to the ballot. Additionally, advisory questions require the signature of the governor to be placed on the ballot.
Below are links to the various types of ballot measure law Ballotpedia tracks:
- Laws governing the initiative process in Utah
- Amending the Utah Constitution
- Laws governing local ballot measures in Utah
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Utah
- Campaign finance requirements for Utah ballot measures
Statutes relevant to ballot measures
The following is a list of enacted bills related to ballot measures passed between 2007 and 2015.
- Utah House Bill 44 (2010)
- Utah Senate Bill 119 (2010)
- Utah Senate Bill 275 (2010)
- Utah Senate Bill 165 (2011)
- Utah House Bill 119 (2012)
- Utah House Bill 192 (2014)
- Utah House Bill 37903 (2014)
- Utah House Bill 422S01 (2014)
- Utah House Bill 107 (2015)
- Utah House Bill 120 (2015)
Ballot measure lawsuits
The following is a selection of historical lawsuits related to ballot measure law.
- Gallivan v. Walker
- Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Herbert
- Save Beaver County v. Beaver County
- Schriver v. Bench
