List of Washington State Initiatives to the Legislature

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This page is a list of Initiative to the Legislature, a type of ballot measure seen in Washington.

Background

In 1912, citizens in Washington approved the right to initiative and referendum by a 71 to 29 percent split.

The first Initiative to the Legislature, advocating the relaxation of alcohol prohibition laws, was filed on December 14, 1914, went to the ballot on the November 7, 1916 ballot, and was defeated.

Since that beginning, through June of 2012 on the ballot, Washington citizens had filed 521 Initiatives to the Legislature. Only 27 have been sent to the ballot, while three were approved directly by the legislature.

2012

See also: Washington 2012 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
ITL	Initiative 502	Marijuana	Would legalize and regulate the sale of small amounts of marijuana to people 21 and older

2005

See also: Washington 2005 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	I-330	Healthcare	Limit non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases to $350,000, limit attorney fees	d
ITL	I-336	Healthcare	Establish a supplemental malpractice insurance program for liability exceeding private insurance	d

2004

See also: Washington 2004 ballot measures

Between 1998, when I-200 was on the ballot as an Initiative to the Legislature and 2004, about 130 different Initiatives to the Legislature were filed, numbering I-201 through I-336. With the exception of I-297, I-330 and I-336, all of those approximately 130 initiatives were withdrawn or abandoned. I-330 and I-336 went on the 2005 ballot.

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	I-297	Environment	New provisions about mixed radioactive and nonradioactive hazardous waste	a

1998

See also: Washington 1998 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 200	Affirmative action	Government prohibited from granting preferential treatment	a

1996

See also: Washington 1996 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	I-173	Education	Questions whether the state should pay for scholarship vouchers for primary and secondary students	d
ITL	I-177	Education	Questions whether voters be authorized to create "renewed" school districts	d

1992

See also: Washington 1992 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Campaign finance, I-134	Elections	Limits on campaign contributions	a

1991

See also: Washington 1991 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Aid-in-Dying, #119	Suicide	Terminally ill patients allowed to request aid-in-dying from physician	d
ITL	Abortion, #120	Abortion	State abortion laws declare woman's right to choose abortion prior to viability	a

1989

See also: Washington 1989 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 102	Taxes	$360 million in new taxes for child and family services	d

The following measure was approved by the state legislature and therefore did not go before a vote of the people:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Presidential Preference Primaries, I-99	Elections	Presidential preference primary election determine each candidate's percentage of delegates to national conventions	a

1988

See also: Washington 1988 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiatives 97 and 97B	Taxes	7/10 of 1% tax on hazardous substances	a

1987

See also: Washington 1987 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Referred Bill 41	Federal Constitutional Issues	Shall the State challenge in the United States Supreme Court the constitutionality of authority delegated to the federal reserve system?	d
ITL	Initiative 92	Health Care	Shall it be a consumer protection violation for doctors treating Medicare eligible patients to charge more than Medicare's reasonable charges?	d

1986

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

1979

See also: Washington 1979 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 61	Taxes	Minimum five cent refund on sales of beer, malt and carbonated beverage containers	d
ITL	Initiative 62	Taxes	Limitation on state tax revenues	d

1977

See also: Washington 1977 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 59	Environment	Limit new appropriations of public water for non-public agricultural irrigation to farms of 2,000 acres or less	a

1972

See also: Washington 1972 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiatives 40 and 40B	Environment	Providing Litter Control
ITL	Initiatives 43 and 43B	Environment	Regulating Shoreline Use and Development
ITL	Initiative 44	Taxes	An Act to limit tax levies on real and personal property by the state, and other taxing districts, except port and power districts, to an aggregate of twenty (20) mills on assessed valuation (50% of true and fair value), without a vote of the people; allowing the legislature to allocate or reallocate up to twenty (20) mills among the various taxing districts	a

1968

See also: Washington 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 32	Natural Resources	Establish the Full Employment Commission as a state agency	d

1960

See also: Washington 1960 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 25	Resources	Prohibit dams on the Columbia River downstream from McNary Dam	a

1958

See also: Washington 1958 ballot measures

Between 1948 and 1958, Initiatives 14-22 were filed, but no signatures were presented for them, or they were otherwise withdrawn.

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 23	Admin of gov't	Civil Service for Sheriff's Employees	a

1948

See also: Washington 1948 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 13	Alcohol	Beer and Wine Only Sold in State Liquor Stores	d

1943

See also: Washington 1943 ballot measures

The following measure was approved by the state legislature and therefore did not go before a vote of the people:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 12	Utilities	Regarding public power resources	a

1935

See also: Washington 1935 ballot measures

The following measure was approved by the state legislature and therefore did not go before a vote of the people:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 2	Elections and campaigns	Regarding blanket Primaries	a

1930

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 1	Utilities	District power Measure	a

1916

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITL	Initiative 1A	Alcohol	Brewers Hotel Bill	d

See also

• Initiative to the Legislature
• List of Washington State veto referendums
• List of Washington State Initiatives to the People
• List of Washington ballot measures

External links

• List of all Initiatives to the Legislature