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2018 Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Drugs

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Ohio	Issue 1: To Reduce Penalties for Crimes of Obtaining, Possessing, and Using Illegal Drugs	Failed

Environment

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Alaska	17FSH2: An act providing for the protection of wild salmon and fish and wildlife habitat	Failed
June 5, 2018	California	Proposition 68: Authorizes Bonds Funding Parks, Natural Resources Protection, Climate Adaption, Water Quality And Supply And Flood Protection	Passed
June 5, 2018	California	Proposition 70: Requires Legislative Supermajority Vote Approving Use Of Cap-And-Trade Reserve Fund	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	California	Proposition 3: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Montana	I-186: Require the Department of Environmental Quality to Deny a Permit for Any New Hardrock Mines in Montana Unless the Reclamation Plan Provides Clear and Convincing Evidence that the Mine will Not Require Perpetual Treatment of Water Polluted by Acid Mine Drainage or Other Contaminants	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Rhode Island	Question 3: Green Economy and Clean Water	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Washington	measure: Initiative Measure No. 1631	Failed

Food Processing and Sales

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Arkansas	Issue 4: An Amendment to Require Four Licenses to be Issued for Casino Gaming at Casinos, One Each in Crittenden (to Southland Racing Corporation), Garland (to Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.), Pope, and Jefferson Counties	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	California	Proposition 12: Establishes New Standards for Confinement of Specified Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Noncomplying Products	Passed

Health and Health Care

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	California	Proposition 4: Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children's Health Care	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	California	Proposition 8: Regulates Amounts Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics Charge For Dialysis Treatment	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Florida	Ballot Number 9: Prohibits Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling; Prohibits Vaping in Enclosed Indoor Workplaces	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Massachusetts	measure: Question #1	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Maine	measure: Question 1	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Montana	I-185: Raise Tobacco Taxes to Fund Health Care Programs	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	Nebraska	measure: Initiative Measure 427	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Nevada	Question 2: Pink Tax Repeal	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Nevada	Question 4: Medical Patient Tax Relief Act	Passed
June 26, 2018	Oklahoma	Measure: State Question 788	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Oklahoma	State Question No. 793: Right of Optometrists and Opticians to Practice in a Retail Mercantile Establishment	Failed
Jan. 23, 2018	Oregon	Measure 101: Approves temporary assessments to fund health care for low-income individuals and families, and to stabilize health insurance premiums	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	Utah	Proposition 3: Utah Decides Healthcare Act	Passed

Reproduction

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	Alabama	measure: Statewide Amendment 2	Passed