1986 ballot measures

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Alabama

See also: Alabama 1986 ballot measures

Alaska

See also: Alaska 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Nuclear Weapons Freeze	War and peace	Nuclear weapons freeze	a
LRCA	State Budget Appropriations	State budgets	Allow state budget appropriations increase	a
LRCA	Legislative Annulment	State legislatures	Permit the legislature to annul executive branch regulations	d
AQ	Longevity Bonus	State legislatures	Annuity and longevity bonus options	a

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 100	Business		d
LRCA	Proposition 101	Education		a
LRCA	Proposition 102	Spending		d
LRCA	Proposition 103	Law enforcement		d
CISS	Proposition 200	Elections and campaigns		a
LRSS	Proposition 300	Elected official salaries		d

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment 64	Judiciary	Increases civil jurisdiction of municipal courts to $3,000	a
CICA	Proposed Amendment 65	Abortion	Bans public funding for abortions except for cases in which the mother's life is endangered	d
CICA	Proposed Amendment 66	Admin. of Gov't	Creates four-year terms for elected county officials and Justices of the Peace	d
CICA	Proposed Amendment 67	Bonds	Allows the government to issue revenue bonds without an election	a

California

See also: California 1986 ballot propositions

June 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 42	Bonds	$850 million, veteran housing loans	a
LBM	Proposition 43	Bonds	$100 million for parks, beaches, recreational areas	a
LBM	Proposition 44	Bonds	$150 million for water projects	a
LRCA	Proposition 45	Admin of gov't	State funds can be deposited in a credit union	a
LRCA	Proposition 46	Taxes	With 2/3rds vote, property tax higher than allowed under Prop 13 if funds purchase real estate	a
LRCA	Proposition 47	Taxes	Vehicle license fees allocated to cities and counties	a
LRCA	Proposition 48	Spending	Retirement systems of legislators and judges	a
LRCA	Proposition 49	Elections	Parties not allowed to endorse candidates for non-partisan offices	a
LRCA	Proposition 50	Taxes	How property built to replace property damaged by a disaster is valued	a
CISS	Proposition 51	Judiciary	Defendants in tort cases pay proportionally to their responsibility for non-economic damages	a
LBM	Proposition 52	Bonds	$495 million for county jails	a

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 53	Bonds	$800 million for public school construction	a
LBM	Proposition 54	Bonds	$500 million for correctional facilities	a
LBM	Proposition 55	Bonds	$100 million for water systems	a
LBM	Proposition 56	Bonds	$400 million for higher education	a
LRCA	Proposition 57	Pensions	Retirement system for elected constitutional officers	a
LRCA	Proposition 58	Taxes	Property transferred within family keeps its Prop 13 limits	a
LRCA	Proposition 59	Elections	Elected district attorney in all 58 counties	a
LRCA	Proposition 60	Taxes	Those over 55 allowed to take Prop 13 protections to new residence	a
CICA	Proposition 61	Admin of gov't	Caps on salaries of state gov't officials	d
CISS	Proposition 62	Taxes	New local taxes required 2/3rds voter approval	a
CICA	Proposition 63	English	English is the official language of California	a
CISS	Proposition 64	Health care	Declares AIDS as an infectious, contagious and communicable disease	d
CISS	Proposition 65	Health care	Individuals cannot be exposed chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without notification	a

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of gov't	Would require appointments to state offices to be made according to merit and fitness.	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Admin. of gov't.	Board of county commissioners in each county has authority to fix compensation of county officers.	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Initiative process	Would make any franchise granted by a home rule municipality subject to initiative and referendum	a
CICA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Require voter approval for new or increased state or local taxes.	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	State Exec	Allows the Attorney General to appoint a statewide prosecutor to prosecute multicircuit violations of state criminal laws	a
CICA	Amendment 2	Gambling	Allows casino gambling in hotels of 500 rooms or more in counties where the county has approved casino gambling by initiative referendum	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Changes the homestead tax exemption to $5,000, plus one-half of the assessed value over $5,000, with total up to $25,000	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Direct Democracy	Requires the Supreme Court upon the request of the Attorney General to issue advisory opinions of initiated constitutional amendments	a
CICA	Amendment 5	Lottery	Authorizes the state to operate lotteries	a

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 1	Labor		a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Law enforcement	Expands the class of people who may be denied bail	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans	Exempt veterans' organizations from property taxation	d

Maine

See also: Maine 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Maine Anti-Pornography Measure (1986)	Adult entertainment	Impose additional regulations on pornography in the state.	d
LRCA	Maine Re-Districting Commission Amendment (1986)	State legislatures	A measure to ban mandatory local phone service.	a
BI	Maine Telephone Service Act (1986)	Utility regulation	Extended the tenure for sheriffs from 2 years to 4 years.	a

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 1	Abortion	Allows the legislature to prohibit or regulate abortions	d
	Question 2	Education	Allows public funds to be spent for private schools and students	d
	Question 3	Taxes	Limits state revenue tax increase; income surtax	a
	Question 4	Nuclear issues	DEQE to identify/clean hazardous waste sites	a
	Question 5	Transportion official measures	Regarding the mandatory use of seat belts	d
	Question 6	Elections	Regarding mail-in voter registration	d
	Question 7	Health care	Urges Congress to enact a national health care program	a
	Question 8	Environment	Urges the President and Congress to adopt a national acid rain program	a

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal A	Admin of gov't	Establish the library of Michigan	d
LRCA	Proposal B	Admin of gov't	Allow for approval or rejection of administrative rules	d
LRCA	Proposal C	Law enforcement	Expand authority of state officers compensation commission	d

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1986 ballot measures

Primary election

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Issue 1	Admin of gov't	regarding bills not signed or vetoed by the Governor	a
	Issue 2	State budgets	state treasury operating reserve fund	a

General election

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Issue 1	Bond issues	regarding city and county bonds for public improvements	d
	Issue 2	Bond issues	approval of issuance bonds	a
	Issue 3	Labor	regarding county officials' compensation	a
	Issue 4	State budgets	state treasurer and state funds	a
	Issue 5	Gambling	clarifies the horse racing amendment	a

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	LB 496	Transportation		d
	LB 662	Education		d

New Jersey

See also: New Jersey 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 1
	Question 2

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	Sunday Grocery Employees Issue	Employment	Sunday grocery employees - from 6 to 3	d
CI	State Lottery	Gaming	Establish a state lottery	d
CI	Sunday Business Issue	Business regulation	Allow businesses to open for retail on Sundays.	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1986 ballot measures

May 20:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Taxes	Prohibit charging state income tax on social security benefits	a
LRCA	Measure 2	Taxes	Impact on tax base of the merger of taxing units	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Direct democracy	Rules for verifying signatures on ballot measure petitions	a
LRCA	Measure 4	Elections	Special election must be held to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy	a
LRCA	Measure 5	Bonds	$96 million in bonds for state-county prison construction	d

November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Executive branch	Eliminate requirement that Oregon Secretary of State live in Salem	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Redistricting	Changes in state legislative redistricting procedures	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Gambling	Charitable, fraternal and religious organizations allowed to conduct raffles	a
LRSS	Measure 4	Admin of gov't	Replace Public Utility Commissioner with three-person Public Utility Commission	a
CISS	Measure 5	Marijuana	Legalize possession and growing of marijuana for private use	d
CICA	Measure 6	Abortion	Prohibition on state funding of abortions	d
CICA	Measure 7	Taxes	5% statewide sales tax to fund public education	d
CISS	Measure 8	Regulations	Prohibit mandatory local measure telephone service	a
CICA	Measure 9	Taxes	Limit on property tax rate and assessed value increases	d
CISS	Measure 10	Judiciary	Revision of criminal laws governing victims' rights, evidence, sentencing and parole	a
CICA	Measure 11	Taxes	Homeowner and renter property tax relief program; limitation on sales tax	d
CISS	Measure 12	Taxes	Change in state income tax law; increase revenue allocated to property tax relief	d
CICA	Measure 13	Elections	Set voter registration cut-off at twenty days before election	a
CISS	Measure 14	Nuclear	Prohibit nuclear power plant operation until licensing of permanent waste sites	d
CISS	Measure 15	Nuclear	Supersede prevailing definition of "radioactive waste"	d
CISS	Measure 16	Nuclear	Phase out nuclear weapons manufactured with tax credits	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	Memorial Day Measure	Administration of Government	Memorial Day observed last Monday in May	a

Texas

See also: Texas 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Taxes	Apportionment of the value of railroad rolling stock among counties for taxation.	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Admin of gov't	Requiring each bill to have a title expressing it's subject.	a
LRCA	Prop 3	Admin of gov't	Allowing political subdivisions the opportunity to engage in and transact business with authorized mutual insurance companies.	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Business regulation	Allowing a bank to offer services at more than one location within the city or county where its principal facility is located.	a

Vermont

See also: Vermont 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Equal Rights Amendment	Civil rights		d
LRCA	Redistricting Amendment	Redistricting		a

Washington

See also: Washington 1986 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 90	Taxes	Increase sales tax 1/8 of 1% to fund wildlife conservation and recreation	d
LRSS	Referred Bill 40	Nuclear	State to challenge federal selection process for high-level nuclear waste repositories	a
LRCA	Amendment 77	Judiciary	Require public proceedings of the commission that reviews judicial conduct	a
LRCA	Amendment 78	Judiciary	Independent commission to set salaries of legislators, judges, and state elected officials	a
LRCA	Amendment 79	Taxes	Permit voters to approve school excess levies, not exceeding six years for construction, modernization or remodeling	a
LRCA	SJR 138	Elections	Process, timing and eligibility to fill vacancies in legislative and county offices	d

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1986 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional language	Updates the Constitution's definition of suffrage and gives the legislature the power to enact various laws regarding voting	a
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional language	Modernizes the language in Article XIII, Section 1 of the state Constitution	a
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional language	Repeals obsolete provision regarding voting if residing on "Indian lands"	a
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional language	Rewords Article 1, Section 1 of the state Constitution to parallel the Declaration of Independence	a