Nevada Question 2, Minimum Wage Amendment (2022)

Nevada Question 2
Election date November 8, 2022
Topic Minimum wage
Status a Approved
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nevada Question 2, the Minimum Wage Amendment, was on the ballot in Nevada as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022. The measure was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to: increase the minimum wage for all employees in Nevada to $12 per hour by July 1, 2024;  remove the existing annual inflation adjustments to the minimum wage; and  allow the state legislature to pass a minimum wage law setting the rate higher than the constitutionally mandated minimum.

A "no" vote opposed this amendment, thereby maintaining the existing increase of the minimum wage to $11 for employees receiving health benefits and $12 for employees not receiving health benefits by 2024 with annual inflation adjustments required by the state constitution.

Election results

Nevada Question 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		545,828	55.18%
No		443,318	44.82%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Overview

How did the amendment change minimum wage in Nevada?

See also: Measure design

The amendment increased the minimum wage in Nevada to $12 per hour by July 1, 2024, and stopped the existing annual adjustments determined by inflation. The wage applies to all workers regardless of if they receive health benefits from their employers. It also allows the legislature to pass laws that establish a higher minimum wage than the rate established by the amendment.

On July 1, 2022, the minimum wage increased to $9.50 for employees with employer health benefits and $10.50 for employees without employer health benefits. Under Assembly Bill 456 (AB 456), which was passed in 2019, the rate was set to increase incrementally until 2024 when it would reach $11 and $12 for the respective employee tiers. After that, the minimum wage would have been adjusted annually for inflation.

When did the state first adopt a minimum wage in the state constitution?

See also: Minimum wage on the ballot in Nevada

A minimum wage of $5.15 per hour worked if the employer provides health benefits or $6.15 per hour worked if the employer does not provide health benefits was adopted in 2006 via an initiated constitutional amendment. In Nevada, initiated constitutional amendments need to be approved in two consecutive even-numbered election years. In 2004, Nevadans first approved Question 6 by a vote of 68.4 percent to 31.6 percent. The amendment tied the minimum wage to annual inflation increases but limited any annual increase to 3 percent. The amendment received final approval in 2006 by a vote of 68.7 percent to 31.3 percent.

Nevada was the sole state to constitutionally require a tiered minimum wage based on employee health benefits. The 2022 amendment removes the tiered system.

What did the supporters and opponents say about the amendment?

See also: Support and Opposition

Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson (D) said, "The distinction between minimum wage depending on whether or not there is health care has been included in the Nevada constitution for some time. ... It’s important to note that Nevada is the only state that has this distinction. We’ve had numerous conversations in an attempt to define what health care benefits need to be in order to qualify. It’s an unusual way to calculate minimum wage and distinguish between minimum wage rates. We believe it’s time to make that change so Nevada can remain competitive to our surrounding states."

Marcos Lopez, legislative liaison for Americans for Prosperity-Nevada, said, "AJR10 would lead to decreased economic opportunity for the very people it is intended to help. There is a strong body of research indicating that minimum wage policies reduce overall employment and have no negligible impacts on reducing poverty. No matter how well-intended, a significant increase to the Nevada minimum wage would undermine individual opportunity for tens of thousands of Nevada residents to earn a living while offering a positive short-term impact for very few current workers."

Measure design

The amendment increased the minimum wage in Nevada to $12 per hour by July 1, 2024, and stop the existing annual adjustments determined by inflation. The wage applies to all workers regardless of if they receive health benefits from their employers. It also allows the legislature to pass laws that establish a higher minimum wage than the rate established by the amendment.

In the 2019 state legislative session, the Nevada State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 456 (AB 456), which enacted a minimum wage increase beginning in 2020 at a rate of $8.00 for employees that received health benefits and $9.00 for those who did not. The rate was set to increase incrementally until 2024 when it would reach $11 and $12 for the respective employee tiers.

Text of measure

Ballot title

The official ballot title was as follows:

“

Question 2: Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10 of the 80th Session: Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended, effective July 1, 2024, to: (1) establish the State’s minimum wage that employers must pay to certain employees at a rate of $12 per hour worked, subject to any applicable increases above that $12 rate provided by federal law or enacted by the Nevada Legislature; (2) remove the existing provisions setting different rates for the minimum wage based on whether the employer offers certain health benefits to such employees; and (3) remove the existing provisions for adjusting the minimum wage based on applicable increases in the cost of living?

”

Ballot summary

The official ballot summary was as follows:

“

This ballot measure amends the Nevada Constitution to require that, beginning July 1, 2024, each employer must pay each employee to whom the minimum wage requirements apply (referred to as a “nonexempt employee”) a minimum wage of not less than $12 per hour worked, subject to any applicable increases above $12 per hour worked provided by federal law or enacted by the Legislature. This ballot measure further removes from the Nevada Constitution, effective July 1, 2024, the existing provisions allowing an employer that offers certain health benefits to nonexempt employees to pay a minimum wage of $1 per hour less than an employer that does not offer such health benefits to nonexempt employees. This ballot measure also removes from the Nevada Constitution, effective July 1, 2024, the existing provisions adjusting the State’s minimum wage rates based on the greater of certain increases in the federal minimum wage or certain increases in the cost of living measured by percentage increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with caps on the cost-of-living increases for the adjusted rates. However, this ballot measure requires the State’s minimum wage to be increased based on applicable increases in the federal minimum wage, providing that if, at any time, the federal minimum wage is greater than $12 per hour worked, the State’s minimum wage is increased to the amount established for the federal minimum wage, unless the Legislature establishes, by state statute, a minimum wage that is greater than the federal minimum wage as permitted by federal law. This ballot measure additionally expresses in the Nevada Constitution the existing authority of the Legislature to establish, by state statute, a minimum wage that is greater than the minimum hourly rate required by the Nevada Constitution. If approved by the voters, this ballot measure supersedes any conflicting provisions in the State’s existing minimum wage statutes which, on July 1, 2024, require an employer to pay a minimum wage of $11 per hour worked, if the employer offers certain health benefits to nonexempt employees, or $12 per hour worked, if the employer does not offer such health benefits to nonexempt employees, unless the Legislature amends those existing statutes to conform to this ballot measure before that date. A “Yes” vote would, effective July 1, 2024: (1) add provisions in the Nevada Constitution establishing the State’s minimum wage that employers must pay to nonexempt employees at a rate of $12 per hour worked, subject to any applicable increases above that $12 rate provided by federal law or enacted by the Legislature; (2) remove the existing provisions in the Nevada Constitution setting different rates for the minimum wage based on whether the employer offers certain health benefits to such employees; and (3) remove the existing provisions in the Nevada Constitution for adjusting the minimum wage based on applicable increases in the cost of living, with caps on the cost-of-living increases for the adjusted rates. A “No” vote would: (1) keep the State’s existing minimum wage, subject to any applicable increases or decreases provided by federal law or enacted by the Legislature; (2) keep the existing provisions in the Nevada Constitution setting different rates for the minimum wage based on whether the employer offers certain health benefits to nonexempt employees; and (3) keep the existing provisions in the Nevada Constitution for adjusting the minimum wage based on the greater of applicable increases in the federal minimum wage or applicable increases in the cost of living, with caps on the cost-of-living increases for the adjusted rates.

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Constitutional changes

See also: Article 15, Nevada Constitution

The measure amended Section 16 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution. The following underlined text was added, and struck-through text was deleted: Note: Use your mouse to scroll over the below text to see the full text.

Text of Section 16: Payment of Minimum Compensation to Employees A. Each 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, beginning July 1, 2024, each employer shall pay a wage to each employee of not less than the hourly rates set forth in this section. The rate shall be five dollars and fifteen cents ($5.15) twelve dollars ($12) per hour worked. , if the employer provides health benefits as described herein, or six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour if the employer does not provide such benefits. Offering health benefits within the meaning of this section shall consist of making health insurance available to the employee for the employee and the employee’s dependents at a total cost to the employee for premiums of not more than 10 percent of the employee’s gross taxable income from the employer. These rates of wages shall be adjusted by the amount of increases in 2. If, at anytime, the amount of the federal minimum wage over $5.15 per hour, or, if greater, by the cumulative increase in the cost of living. The cost of living increase shall be measured by the percentage increase as of December 31 in any year over the level as of December 31, 2004 of the Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor or the successor index or federal agency. No CPI adjustment for any one-year period may be greater than 3%. The Governor or the State agency designated by the Governor shall publish a bulletin by April 1 of each year announcing the adjusted rates, which shall take effect the following July 1. Such bulletin will be made available to all employers and to any other person who has filed with the Governor or the designated agency a request to receive such notice but lack of notice shall not excuse noncompliance with this section. An employer shall provide written notification of the rate adjustments to each of its employees and make the necessary payroll adjustments by July 1 following the publication of the bulletin. is greater than twelve dollars ($12) per hour worked, each employer must pay a wage to each employee of not less than the hourly rate established for the federal minimum wage. 3. The legislature may establish by a law a minimum wage that an employer must pay to each employee that is greater than the hourly rate required by this section. 4. Tips or gratuities received by employees shall not be credited as being any part of or offset against the wage rates required by this section. B. The 5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this section may not be waived by agreement between an individual employee and an his or her employer. All of the provisions of this section, or any part hereof, may be waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but only if the waiver is explicitly set forth in such agreement in clear and unambiguous terms. Unilateral implementation of terms and conditions of employment by either party to a collective bargaining relationship shall not constitute, or be permitted, as a waiver of all or any part of the provisions of this section. 6.An employer shall not, in any manner, discharge, reduce the compensation of or otherwise discriminate against any employee for using any civil remedies to enforce this section or otherwise asserting his or her rights under this section. 7.An employee claiming violation of this section may is entitled to bring an action against his or her employer in the courts of this State to enforce the provisions of this section and shall be entitled to all remedies available under the law or in equity appropriate to remedy any violation of this section, including but not limited to back pay, damages, reinstatement or injunctive relief. An employee who prevails in any action to enforce this section shall be awarded his or her reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. C. 8. As used in this section, “employee”: a. "Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer as defined herein but does not include an employee who is under eighteen (18) years of age, employed by a nonprofit organization for after school or summer employment or as a trainee for a period not longer than ninety (90) days. b.“Employer” means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity that may employ individuals or enter into contracts of employment. D.9. If any provision of this section is declared illegal, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions and all portions not declared illegal, invalid or inoperative shall remain in full force or effect, and no such determination shall invalidate the remaining sections or portions of the sections of this section.

Readability score

See also: Ballot measure readability scores, 2022

Using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) and Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) formulas, Ballotpedia scored the readability of the ballot title and summary for this measure. Readability scores are designed to indicate the reading difficulty of text. The Flesch-Kincaid formulas account for the number of words, syllables, and sentences in a text; they do not account for the difficulty of the ideas in the text. The state legislature wrote the ballot language for this measure.

The FKGL for the ballot title is grade level 23, and the FRE is 6. The word count for the ballot title is 88.

The FKGL for the ballot summary is grade level 28, and the FRE is -1. The word count for the ballot summary is 564.

Support

Supporters

Officials

• State Assemblyman Jason Frierson (D)

Organizations

• Battle Born Progress
• Battle Born Progress

Arguments

• Annette Magnus, the executive director of Battle Born Progress: "AJR10 is critical because businesses have been abusing the provision of connecting healthcare with the minimum wage. We have heard story after story where businesses are able to pay $1.00 less than the current minimum wage in the state simply because they offer unaffordable garbage healthcare plans that employees rarely opt into because of cost. ... AJR10 also puts the legislature in a position so that you, as our elected officials, can continue to improve people’s lives by ensuring that the minimum wage is raised to continue meeting increased costs of living instead of going through an intense process to make modifications."
• Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson (D): "The distinction between minimum wage depending on whether or not there is health care has been included in the Nevada constitution for some time. ... It’s important to note that Nevada is the only state that has this distinction. We’ve had numerous conversations in an attempt to define what health care benefits need to be in order to qualify. It’s an unusual way to calculate minimum wage and distinguish between minimum wage rates. We believe it’s time to make that change so Nevada can remain competitive to our surrounding states."

Official arguments

The following was the argument in support of Question 2 found in the Statewide Ballot Questions 2022 Pamphlet Guide:

Statewide Ballot Questions 2022: Nevada’s workers deserve a constitutionally guaranteed increase in the minimum wage. Approval of Question 2 will ensure that effective July 1, 2024, workers will be paid a minimum wage of $12 per hour, which cannot be decreased by the Legislature but only increased above the $12 per hour rate. Even though the Legislature passed a law in 2019 requiring annual increases in the minimum wage through July 1, 2024, any future Legislature may change that law and potentially lower the minimum wage. This ballot measure will constitutionally guarantee that Nevada’s minimum wage cannot be lowered below $12 per hour based on the political mood of the day. Approval of Question 2 will also eliminate the outdated and ineffective method for making cost-of-living adjustments in the minimum wage currently in the Nevada Constitution. Even though the Nevada Constitution currently provides for an annual adjustment in the minimum wage to compensate for certain increases in the cost of living, those annual adjustments are capped, and they have never kept up with the true cost of living for Nevada’s workers. In fact, it will take over a decade after July 1, 2024, for the cost-of-living adjustments currently provided by the Nevada Constitution to exceed the $12 per hour minimum wage guaranteed by Question 2. Nevada’s workers should not have to wait for more than a decade for a constitutionally guaranteed minimum wage of $12 per hour. Finally, approval of Question 2 will eliminate the outdated and ineffective two-tiered minimum wage system currently in the Nevada Constitution that allows employers to lower their minimum wage by $1 per hour just for offering certain health benefits to employees and their dependents, even when the employees reject the health benefits being offered. Nevada’s workers should not be penalized with a lower minimum wage solely because their employers offer certain health benefits, especially when those health benefits are rejected because workers can secure better or more cost-effective health benefits from alternative sources, such as a health insurance exchange. Nevada is the only state to have such a complicated and unfair two-tiered minimum wage system. It is time to eliminate that undesirable system from the Nevada Constitution and constitutionally guarantee a minimum wage of $12 per hour for Nevada’s workers, regardless of whether their employers offer any health benefits. It is time to update the minimum wage to better serve Nevadans. Vote “Yes” on Question 2.

Opposition

Opponents

Political Parties

• Republican Party of Nevada

Organizations

• Americans for Prosperity - Nevada
• Americans for Tax Reform
• Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce
• Nevada Families for Freedom

Arguments

• Nevada Families for Freedom: "The minimum wage is designed for entry level jobs which will be eliminated depriving young people of work experience and opportunities. Higher minimum wage laws hurt the very people they are supposed to help including minorities, low skill workers and teenagers."
• Marcos Lopez, legislative liaison for Americans for Prosperity - Nevada: "AJR10 would lead to decreased economic opportunity for the very people it is intended to help. There is a strong body of research indicating that minimum wage policies reduce overall employment and have no negligible impacts on reducing poverty. No matter how well intended, a significant increase to the Nevada minimum wage would undermine individual opportunity for tens of thousands of Nevada residents to earn a living while offering a positive short-term impact for very few current workers."

Official arguments

The following was the argument opposing Question 2 found in the Statewide Ballot Questions 2022 Pamphlet Guide:

Statewide Ballot Questions 2022: Question 2 is an unnecessary change to the Nevada Constitution because the Legislature already has the authority to enact statutory increases in the minimum wage, and it has done so. In 2019, after receiving input from both workers and employers, the Legislature passed a law requiring annual increases in the minimum wage through July 1, 2024, when the statutory minimum wage will be set at $11 per hour, if the employer offers certain health benefits, or $12 per hour, if the employer does not offer certain health benefits. There is no need to establish the minimum wage at $12 per hour in the Nevada Constitution when the Legislature already has enacted an increased statutory minimum wage and has the authority to enact additional increases in the statutory minimum wage above the $12 per hour proposed by Question 2. Approval of Question 2 will also harm Nevada’s workers because it sets the minimum wage at $12 per hour in the Nevada Constitution without providing any method for making cost-of-living adjustments in the minimum wage as currently provided by the Nevada Constitution. Although the Legislature has established the statutory minimum wage at a higher rate than currently required by the Nevada Constitution, the existing method in the Nevada Constitution for making cost-of-living adjustments in the minimum wage ensures that the minimum wage will eventually increase above $12 per hour given that increases in the cost of living will continue to occur. Because this ballot measure will remove the existing method for making cost-of-living adjustments from the Nevada Constitution and will not require any form of cost-of-living adjustments in the minimum wage, approval of Question 2 will harm Nevada’s workers by removing an important constitutional safeguard against the ever-increasing cost of living for Nevada’s workers. Finally, approval of Question 2 will harm Nevada’s workers and employers by removing the existing incentive in the Nevada Constitution that encourages employers to offer certain health benefits to employees and their dependents in exchange for lowering the employees’ minimum wage by $1 per hour. Because health benefits offered by employers may be the best source of affordable health benefits for some employees and their dependents, the existing incentive in the Nevada Constitution encourages employers to continue offering those benefits to employees and their dependents, thereby ensuring access to affordable health care. Because this ballot measure will remove the existing incentive from the Nevada Constitution and discourage employers from continuing to offer such health benefits, approval of Question 2 will harm the employers that have relied on the existing incentive to conduct their businesses, along with the employees who have relied on the health benefits to cover themselves and their dependents. Question 2 is an unnecessary change to the Nevada Constitution that will harm Nevada’s workers and employers. Vote “No” on Question 2.

Campaign finance

See also: Campaign finance requirements for Nevada ballot measures

If you are aware of a committee that was registered to support or oppose this amendment, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.

	Cash Contributions	In-Kind Contributions	Total Contributions	Cash Expenditures	Total Expenditures
Support	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Oppose	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Media editorials

See also: 2022 ballot measure media endorsements

Support

The following media editorial boards published an editorial supporting the ballot measure:

• Las Vegas Sun Editorial Board: "Question 2 raises the minimum wage for all Nevadans from $10.50 to $12 and eliminates exceptions that allow some employers to pay less than minimum wage in certain circumstances. It also provides predictability for employers by setting the minimum wage to a fixed dollar amount without adjustments for cost of living or other external factors (except for the federal minimum wage). While costs for employers may increase slightly, this amendment brings the benefits of both stability and predictability to workers and employers alike."

Opposition

The following media editorial boards published an editorial opposing the ballot measure:

• Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board: "The current labor shortage means that many entry-level jobs in Clark County already pay above $12 an hour. This is a reminder that government mandates aren’t needed to increase starting wages. But when a recession comes, a higher minimum wage will limit entry-level jobs, potentially increasing unemployment among the unskilled. Markets are far more efficient at setting wages than government edicts."

Polls

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Nevada Equal Rights Amendment (2022)
Poll	Dates	Sample size	Margin of error	Support	Oppose	Undecided

NV Indy Fest	7/20/22-7/29/22	741 LV	± 3.6%	63%	29%	7%
	Question: "Do you support raising the minimum wage for all workers in Nevada to $12.00 an hour by July 1st 2024."

Suffolk University	8/14/22-8/17/22	500 LV	± 4.4%	70.8%	20.2%	7.8%
	Question: "Another ballot initiative would change how Nevada’s minimum wage is handled. It closely mirrors existing state law but would allow the State Legislature to increase the minimum wage and would never let the state’s minimum wage fall below the federal minimum wage. At this point, do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose this ballot initiative?"
Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters.

Background

Assembly Bill 456 (2019)

In the 2019 state legislative session, the Nevada State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 456 (AB 456), which enacted a minimum wage increase according to the following tiers and schedule:

Effective date	Rate for employees with employer health benefits	Rate for employees without employer health benefits
July 1, 2020	$8.00	$9.00
July 1, 2021	$8.75	$9.75
July 1, 2022	$9.50	$10.50
July 1, 2023	$10.25	$11.25
July 1, 2024	$11.00	$12.00

Minimum wage on the ballot in Nevada

See also: Question 6 (2004) and Question 6 (2006)

In Nevada, initiated constitutional amendments need to be approved in two consecutive even-numbered election years. In 2004, Nevadans first approved Question 6 by a vote of 68.4 percent to 31.6 percent. The amendment added a new section to the Nevada Constitution that required employers to pay employees $5.15 per hour worked if the employer provides health benefits or $6.15 per hour worked if the employer does not provide health benefits. The amendment tied the minimum wage to annual inflation increases but limited any annual increase to 3 percent. The amendment received final approval in 2006 by a vote of 68.7 percent to 31.3 percent.

2021 minimum wages

The average state minimum wage in 2021 was about $9.59, up from $9.17 in 2020.

The highest statewide minimum wages, as of 2022, were:

• $14.00 in California,
• $13.69 in Washington, and
• $13.50 in Massachusetts.

The map below shows 2021 state minimum wages.

Outcomes of minimum wage measures, 1988-2020

From 1996 to 2022, there were 28 minimum wage increase measures on the ballot. Voters approved 26 (92.86%) and rejected two (7.14%).

As of 2022, the last time that voters rejected a minimum wage increase measure was in 1996, when measures were defeated in Missouri and Montana.

The following chart shows election outcomes for minimum wage increase ballot measures from 1996 to 2022.

Measures to increase state minimum wages (1996-2022)
Year	State	Measure	Wage	Type	Yes votes (%)	No votes (%)	Outcome
2022	Nebraska	Nebraska Initiative 433	$15.00 (2026)	Initiative	58.66%	41.34%	a
2022	Nevada	Amendment 2	$12.00 (2024)	Referral	55.18%	44.82%	a
2020	Florida	Amendment 2	$15.00 (2026)	Initiative	60.82%	39.18%	a
2018	Arkansas	Issue 5	$11.00 (2021)	Initiative	68.46%	31.54%	a
2018	Missouri	Proposition B	$12.00 (2023)	Initiative	62.34%	37.66%	a
2016	Arizona	Proposition 206	$12.00 (2020)	Initiative	58.33%	41.67%	a
2016	Colorado	Amendment 70	$12.00 (2020)	Initiative	55.36%	44.64%	a
2016	Maine	Question 4	$12.00 (2020)	Initiative	55.50%	44.50%	a
2016	Washington	Initiative 1433	$13.50 (2020)	Initiative	57.42%	42.58%	a
2014	Alaska	Measure 3	$9.75 (2016)	Initiative	69.35%	30.65%	a
2014	Arkansas	Issue 5	$8.50 (2017)	Initiative	65.94%	34.06%	a
2014	Nebraska	Initiative 425	$9.00 (2016)	Initiative	59.47%	40.53%	a
2014	South Dakota	Measure 18	$8.50 (2015)	Initiative	55.05%	44.95%	a
2013	New Jerseu	Question 2	$8.25 (2014)	Referral	61.26%	38.74%	a
2006	Arizona	Proposition 2022	$6.75 (2007)	Initiative	65.37%	34.63%	a
2006	Colorado	Initiative 42	$6.85 (2007)	Initiative	53.30%	46.70%	a
2006	Missouri	Proposition B	$6.50 (2007)	Initiative	75.94%	24.06%	a
2006	Montana	I-151	$6.50 (2007)	Initiative	72.69%	27.31%	a
2006	Nevada	Question 6	$6.15 (2006)	Initiative	68.71%	31.29%	a
2006	Ohio	Amendment 2	$6.85 (2007)	Initiative	56.65%	43.35%	a
2004	Florida	Amendment 5	$6.15 (2005)	Initiative	71.25%	28.75%	a
2004	Nevada	Question 6	$6.15 (2006)	Initiative	68.4%	31.6%	a
2002	Oregon	Measure 25	$6.90 (2003)	Initiative	51.3%	48.7%	a
1998	Washington	Initiative 688	$6.50 (2000)	Initiative	66.1%	33.9%	a
1996	California	Proposition 210	$5.75 (1998)	Initiative	61.45%	38.55%	a
1996	Missouri	Proposition A	$6.75 (1999)	Initiative	28.70%	71.30%	d
1996	Montana	I-121	$6.25 (2000)	Initiative	43.53%	56.47%	d
1996	Oregon	Measure 36	$6.50 (1999)	Initiative	56.85%	43.15%	a

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution

In Nevada, a majority vote is required in two successive sessions of the Nevada State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot.

The amendment was introduced as Assembly Joint Resolution 10 (AJR 10) during the 2019 legislative session. The amendment passed in the Nevada State Legislature along party lines with Democrats in the majority and Republicans in the minority. The state Assembly passed the amendment in a vote of 28-12 with one Republican member excused while the Nevada State Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 12-8 with one Democratic member excused.

During the 2021 legislative session, the state Assembly passed the amendment along party lines with a vote of 26 Democrats in favor and 16 Republicans opposed. The Senate passed the amendment largely along party lines with a vote of 13-8, with one Republican voting with the Democratic majority.

2019 legislative session

Vote in the Nevada State Assembly May 28, 2019
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 21  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	28	12	1
Total percent	68.3%	29.3%	2.4%
Democrat	28	0	0
Republican	0	12	1

Vote in the Nevada State Senate May 31, 2019
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 11  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	12	8	1
Total percent	57.1%	38.1%	4.8%
Democrat	12	0	1
Republican	0	8	0

2021 legislative session

Vote in the Nevada State Assembly April 12, 2021
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 21  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	26	16	0
Total percent	61.9%	38.1%	0.0%
Democrat	26	0	0
Republican	0	16	0

Vote in the Nevada State Senate May 14, 2021
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 11  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	13	8	0
Total percent	61.9%	38.1%	0.0%
Democrat	12	0	0
Republican	1	8	0

How to cast a vote

See also: Voting in Nevada

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How to cast a vote in Nevada

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See also

2022 measures

• 2022 ballot measures
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• 2022 legislative sessions

Nevada

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News and analysis

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External links

• Nevada AJR 10 (2021)