Alcohol laws ballot measures

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As a state ballot measure topic, alcohol laws cover measures regarding the regulation of alcohol, including its sale, consumption, production, taxation, and prohibition. The topic is grouped within the criminal justice and law enforcement policy area.

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Upcoming ballot measures

See also: 2025 ballot measures and 2026 ballot measures

The following is a list of state ballot measures related to alcohol laws certified for this year and future elections:

There are no ballot measures related to this topic that have qualified for the ballot.

List of state ballot measures

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Years

States

2022

1. Colorado Proposition 124, Retail Liquor Store Licenses Initiative (2022)
2. Colorado Proposition 125, Wine Sales in Grocery and Convenience Stores Initiative (2022)
3. Colorado Proposition 126, Alcohol Delivery Service Initiative (2022)
4. Massachusetts Question 3, Changes to Alcohol Retail Licensing Initiative (2022)

2016

1. Oklahoma Regulations Governing the Sale of Wine and Beer, State Question 792 (2016)

2014

1. Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Initiative, Issue 4 (2014)

2011

1. Washington Liquor State Licensing, Initiative 1183 (2011)

2010

1. Massachusetts Question 1, Removal of Sales Tax on Alcohol Initiative (2010)
2. Washington Privatize Liquor Distribution, Initiative 1100 (2010)
3. Washington Revise State Liquor Laws, Initiative 1105 (2010)

2008

1. Colorado Referendum N, Removal of Obsolete Alcohol Provisions Amendment (2008)
2. Oklahoma State Question 743, Wine Retail Sale Amendment (2008)

2006

1. Massachusetts Question 1, Licenses for Food Stores Selling Wine Initiative (2006)
2. Oklahoma State Question 733, Alcohol Sales on Election Days Amendment (2006)

2004

1. South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Container Question 1 (2004)

2003

1. Texas Proposition 11, Winery Operation Regulation Amendment (September 2003)

2000

1. Oklahoma State Question 688, Retail Sale of Wine Amendment (2000)

1998

1. Georgia Amendment 3, DUI Penalties Amendment (1998)

1994

1. Georgia Amendment 6, Regulation of Alcohol Sales Amendment (1994)
2. Oklahoma State Question 663, Remove Restrictions on Wineries Amendment (1994)

1992

1. Nebraska Amendment 2, Regulation of Club Liquor Licenses Measure (1992)

1990

1. California Proposition 126, Alcohol Tax Increase Amendment (1990)
2. California Proposition 134, Alcohol Surtax Fund and Tax Increase Initiative (1990)
3. Oklahoma State Question 637, Alcohol Sales During Elections Amendment (1990)
4. Oklahoma State Question 638, State Engagement in the Alcoholic Beverage Business Amendment (September 1990)

1988

1. Oregon Measure 5, Tax on Malt Beverages and Cigarettes for Athletic Fund Initiative (19880

1986

1. Kansas Taxation of Alcohol, Amendment 2 (1986)
2. Montana Establish Legal Drinking Age, C-15 (1986)
3. Oklahoma State Question 591, Sale of Wine Amendment (1986)

1984

1. Oklahoma State Question 563, Regulation and Sale of Alcohol Initiative (September 1984)

1983

1. Ohio Minimum Age for Alcohol Consumption Initiative (1983)

1982

1. Colorado Amendment No. 7, Sale of Wine in Grocery Stores Initiative (1982)
2. Montana Beer and Wine License Quota System, I-94 (1982)

1980

1. Michigan Proposal B, Lowering the Drinking Age Amendment (1980)
2. Oregon Measure 2, Expand Liquor-by-the-Drink Licenses Amendment (May 1980)

1978

1. Michigan Proposal D, Prohibition of Alcohol Possession by Those Under 21 Initiative (1978)
2. Montana Establish Drinking Age, C-4 (1978)
3. Montana Raise the Drinking Age, LR-74 (1978)
4. Montana Sale of Table Wine, I-81 (1978)
5. Oklahoma State Question 530, Allow for Brewer-Distributor Agreement Amendment (1978)

1976

1. Oklahoma State Question 515, Licensed Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Amendment (1976)

1974

1. Oregon Measure 1, Liquor Licenses for Public Passenger Carriers Amendment (1974)
2. South Carolina Sale of Alcohol, Amendment 3 (1974)

1973

1. North Carolina Sale of Mixed Beverages Amendment (1973)
2. Washington Referendum 36, Minimum Drinking Age Measure (1973)

1972

1. Massachusetts Question 8, Purchasing and Selling Age for Alcohol Advisory Question (1972)
2. Oklahoma State Question 480, Liquor by the Drink Initiative (1972)
3. South Carolina Amendment on Alcoholic Liquors and Beverages, Amendment 5 (1972)
4. Washington Initiative 261, Privatization of Liquor Sales Measure (1972)

1970

1. Kansas Alcohol, Amendment 1 (1970)
2. Texas Proposition 2, Prohibition of Open Saloons Repeal Amendment (1970)

1968

1. South Carolina Treatment and Rehabilitation of Alcohol and Drug Addicts, Amendment 2 (1968)
2. Utah Initiative A, Regulate the Sale and Consumption of Alcohol Measure (1968)
3. Washington Initiative 242, Implied Consent for Driver Intoxication Tests Measure (1968)

1966

1. Maine Sunday Liquor Sales, Referendum Question (1966)

1964

1. North Dakota Alcohol Sale Locations and Age Limit, Initiative 6 (1964)

1962

1. California Proposition 18, Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board Amendment (1962)
2. Oklahoma State Question 406, Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Amendment (1962)
3. West Virginia Alcoholic Liquor Control Amendment, Amendment 1 (1962)

1960

1. Washington Initiative 205, Spirituous Liquor Licenses for Taverns Measure (1960)

1959

1. Oklahoma State Question 386, Repeal Prohibition and Create Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Amendment (April 1959)
2. Oklahoma State Question 387, Alcoholic Beverages County Option Amendment (April 1959)

1958

1. Montana Liquor Tax, IR-59 (1958)

1957

1. Oklahoma State Question 376, Alcoholic Beverages County Option Initiative (December 1957)

1956

1. California Proposition 5, Alcohol Sale Amendment (1956)

1954

1. Arizona Proposition 100, Prohibiting Resale of Alcohol on Indian Reservations Amendment (1954)
2. Arkansas Alcohol Tax Increase, Referred Act 285 (1954)
3. California Proposition 3, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Amendment (1954)
4. North Dakota Alcohol Sales Hours, Initiative 2 (1954)
5. Washington Initiative 194, Alcohol Television Advertising Prohibition Measure (1954)

1952

1. North Dakota Alcohol Sales Hours, Initiative 3 (1952)
2. North Dakota Authorizing Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum, Amendment 1 (1952)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 328-329, Licensing for Alcohol Sold by Glass Initiative (1952)

1950

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Local Option for Alcohol Initiative (September 1950)
2. North Dakota Local, County and Municipal Liquor, Initiative 2 (1950)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Prohibit "Promotively Advertised" Alcoholic Beverages Initiative (1950)
4. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Limit Sale of Liquor Measure (1950)

1949

1. California Proposition 10, Repeal of Inoperable Prohibition Amendment Amendment (1949)
2. Oklahoma State Question 343, Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1949)

1948

1. Arkansas Local Option Elections, Initiated Act No. 2 (1948)
2. California Proposition 12, Alcohol Restrictions Initiative (1948)
3. California Proposition 2, Alcohol Regulations and Licensing Initiative (1948)
4. Colorado Measure 3, Local Option for Alcohol Initiative (1948)
5. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum (1948)
6. North Dakota Repeal Alcohol Sale Restrictions, Initiative 3 (1948)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Issuance of Alcohol Dispensing Licenses Initiative (1948)
8. South Dakota Initiated Measure, Sale of Liquor with Food Initiative (1948)
9. South Dakota Referred Law, Regulate Liquor Labeling Measure (1948)
10. Washington Initiative 13, Private Alcohol Sales Ban Measure (1948)
11. Washington Initiative 171, Alcohol Regulations by the Drink Measure (1948)

1946

1. Idaho Local Option Prohibition Act, Initiative 2 (1946)
2. Idaho Sobriety Act, Initiative 3 (1946)
3. North Dakota Liquor Sale Restriction Referendum (1946)

1944

1. Nebraska Initiative 1, Prohibition of Liquor Traffic Initiative (1944)
2. North Dakota Liquor Sale Restriction Initiative (1944)
3. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum (1944)
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, State Sales of 14% Alcohol Liquor Referendum (1944)

1942

1. Arkansas Local Liquor Option, Initiated Act No. 1 (1942)
2. North Dakota Alcohol in Restaurants Issue (1942)

1940

1. Idaho County Option Liquor Control Act, Initiative 1 (1940)
2. Idaho Sobriety Act, Initiative 2 (1940)
3. Oklahoma State Question 289, Alcoholic Beverages Regulations Initiative (1940)
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Licenses for Alcohol Sales Referendum (1940)
5. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Privatization of Alcohol Sales Initiative (1940)

1939

1. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Sales Initiative (1939)

1938

1. Arkansas Liquor Laws, Initiated Act No. 1 (1938)
2. Montana Retail Sales of Alcohol, IR-40 (1938)
3. North Dakota Dancing and Liquor Sales Prohibition Referendum (1938)
4. North Dakota Repeal of Liquor Control Act Initiative (1938)
5. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Prohibition of Private Alcohol Sales Initiative (1938)

1936

1. California Proposition 3, Alcoholic Beverage Commission Initiative (1936)
2. California Proposition 9, Alcohol Regulations Initiative (1936)
3. North Dakota Liquor Control Initiative (1936)
4. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Control Referendum (1936)
5. Oklahoma State Question 226, Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1936)
6. Texas Proposition 1, State Alcohol Dispensary Amendment (1936)

1935

1. Georgia Referendum 1, Alcoholic Beverage Control Measure (May 1935)
2. Georgia Referendum 2, Beer Licensing Measure (May 1935)
3. Georgia Referendum 3, Wine Production Measure (May 1935)
4. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1935)

1934

1. California Proposition 13, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1934)
2. California Proposition 2, Alcohol Regulations Initiative (1934)
3. Florida Amendment 3, County Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1934)
4. Idaho Liquor Traffic Regulation, SJR 5 (1934)
5. Maine Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, Amendment No. 1 (1934)
6. Maine Transportation of Intoxicating Liquor, Referendum Question (1934)
7. Nebraska Amendment 1, Prohibition Repeal Amendment (1934)
8. North Dakota Local Option Anti-Monopoly Liquor Control Initiative (1934)
9. North Dakota Repeal Statutory Prohibition Initiative (1934)
10. North Dakota Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Initiative (1934)
11. South Dakota Amendment B, Repeal Prohibition Measure (1934)

1933

1. Alabama Federal Repeal of Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1933)
2. Iowa Repeal of Prohibition, Question 1 (June 1933)
3. North Carolina Convention to Repeal 18th Amendment of U.S. Constitution Question (1933)
4. North Dakota Beer Initiative (1933)
5. Ohio Repeal State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1933)
6. Oklahoma State Question 183, Non-Intoxicating and Intoxicating Beverages Measure (July 1933)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Repeal of Federal Alcohol Prohibition Measure (July 1933)
8. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Repeal of State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (July 1933)
9. Texas Proposition 4, Sale of Alcohol Amendment (August 1933)
10. Utah Amendment 2, Repeal the Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (1933)

1932

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 104-105, Repeal of Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1932)
2. California Proposition 1, Repeal of the Wright Act Initiative (1932)
3. California Proposition 2, Liquor Regulations Initiative (1932)
4. Colorado Measure 7, Statewide Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1932)
5. Connecticut Question 3, Petitioning for Repeal of 18th Amendment Advisory Question (1932)
6. Michigan Proposal No. 1, Liquor Regulations Initiative (1932)
7. North Dakota Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1932)
8. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Repeal of Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1932)
9. Washington Initiative 61, Liquor Regulations and Felonies Measure (1932)

1930

1. Illinois Modification of the Volstead Act Question (1930)
2. Illinois Prohibition Act Repeal Question (1930)
3. Illinois Repeal 18th Amendment Question (1930)
4. Massachusetts Question 2, Repeal of the Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1930)

1929

1. Wisconsin Question 3, Prohibition Enforcement Repeal Advisory Question (April 1929)
2. Wisconsin Question 4, Prohibition Enforcement Modification Advisory Question (April 1929)

1928

1. Montana Adopt the Federal Prohibition Laws, I-32 (1928)
2. North Dakota Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1928)

1926

1. California Proposition 9, Repeal of the Wright Act Initiative (1926)
2. Colorado Measure 5, Legislative Authority Over Interstate Liquor Amendment (1926)
3. Illinois Modification of Federal Act Enforcing 18th Amendment Question (1926)
4. Missouri Proposition 3, Repeal Prohibition Laws Initiative (1926)
5. Montana Repeal Liquor Laws, I-30 (1926)
6. Nevada State Question 3, Prohibition on Address Liquor Traffic Abuses Measure (1926)
7. Wisconsin Question 3, Federal Prohibition Enforcement Advisory Question (1926)

1924

1. Massachusetts Question 3, Prohibition of Alcohol Referendum (1924)

1922

1. California Proposition 2, Prohibition Laws Referendum (1922)
2. Illinois Light Wine and Beer Question (1922)
3. Massachusetts Question 4, Enforcement of Federal Prohibition Referendum (1922)
4. Missouri Proposition 7, Abolish State Beverage Inspector Office Referendum (1922)
5. Ohio Allow Home Consumption of Alcohol Initiative (1922)

1920

1. California Proposition 2, Intoxicating Liquor Prohibition Amendment (1920)
2. Massachusetts Question 1, Definition of Intoxicating Liquors Initiative (1920)
3. Missouri Proposition 13, Prohibition Referendum (1920)
4. Ohio State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum (1920)
5. South Dakota Referred Law 1, Amending Prohibition Referendum (1920)
6. Wisconsin Question 1, Prohibition Enforcement Act Advisory Question (1920)

1919

1. Michigan Permission for Alcohol Initiative (April 1919)
2. Ohio Definition of Intoxicating Liquor to Exclude Certain Beverages Initiative (1919)
3. Ohio Ratification of Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) of U.S. Constitution Referendum (1919)
4. Ohio Repeal State Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1919)
5. Ohio State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum (1919)
6. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (May 1919)

1918

1. California Proposition 1, Drinking Saloons Prohibition Initiative (1918)
2. California Proposition 22, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1918)
3. Colorado Measure 3, State Prohibition and Enforcement Initiative (1918)
4. Florida Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1918)
5. Minnesota Prohibit Alcohol, Amendment 1 (1918)
6. Missouri Amendment 6, Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (1918)
7. Nevada Question 2, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1918)
8. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1918)
9. Utah Amendment 1, Prohibit the Use and Possession of Alcohol Measure (1918)
10. Washington Referendum 10, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1918)

1917

1. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1917)

1916

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 104-105, Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1916)
2. Arizona Measure Nos. 108-109, County Prohibition Exemption Amendment (1916)
3. California Proposition 1, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1916)
4. California Proposition 2, Alcoholic Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1916)
5. Colorado Measure 3, Beer Exempt from Prohibition Initiative (1916)
6. Idaho Forbid Manufacture and Sale of Liquor, SJR 1 (1916)
7. Maryland Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1916)
8. Michigan Municipalities' Decisions on the Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1916)
9. Michigan Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1916)
10. Missouri Amendment 3, Prohibition of Intoxicating Beverages Initiative (1916)
11. Montana Prohibition, R-10 (1916)
12. Nebraska Amendment 1, Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1916)
13. North Dakota Bootlegging Definition Referendum (1916)
14. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Legalization of Four Percent Malt Liquors Initiative (1916)
15. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Ban on Intoxicating Liquor Imports Initiative (1916)
16. South Dakota Amendment 7, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1916)
17. South Dakota Referred Law 2, Liquor Permits Issuance Referendum (1916)
18. Vermont Prohibition on the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Act (1916)
19. Washington Initiative 18, Remove Restrictions on Alcohol Purchases and Hotel Alcohol Sales Measure (1916)
20. Washington Initiative 24, Breweries Regulation Measure (1916)

1915

1. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1915)
2. Ohio License to Transport to Alcohol Referendum (1915)

1914

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 100-101, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1914)
2. Arizona Measure Nos. 102-103, Eight-Year Waiting Period for Repeated Prohibition Elections Initiative (1914)
3. California Proposition 2, Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquor Initiative (1914)
4. California Proposition 39, Prohibition Amendment Timeline Initiative (1914)
5. California Proposition 47, Prohibition Elections Initiative (1914)
6. Colorado Measure 2, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1914)
7. Missouri Proposition 10, County Jurisdiction on Prohibition Referendum (1914)
8. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1914)
9. Ohio Home Rule on Alcohol Initiative (1914)
10. Oklahoma State Question 73, Cause for Removal from Office Initiative (August 1914)
11. Oregon Measure Nos. 332-333, Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1914)
12. South Dakota Referred Law 1, Local Liquor Option Initiative (1914)
13. Washington Initiative 3, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1914)

1913

1. Ohio Transportation of Alcohol to Areas Where the Sale of Alcohol is Prohibited Initiative (1913)

1912

1. Arkansas Statewide Prohibition, Act 2 (September 1912)
2. Colorado Measure 1, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1912)
3. Colorado Measure 2, Search and Seizure of Alcohol Initiative (1912)
4. Ohio Licensing of Liquor Traffic Amendment (September 1912)

1911

1. Maine Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, Question No. 1 (1911)
2. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (July 1911)

1910

1. Florida Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1910)
2. Maine Standard Percentage of Alcohol in Intoxicating Liquors, P.L. 1909 c. 241 (1910)
3. Missouri Amendment 10, Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages Initiative (1910)
4. Oklahoma State Question 22, Municipality Liquor Sales Initiative (1910)
5. Oregon Measure Nos. 328-329, Exclusive Liquor Power for Local Municipalities Initiative (1910)
6. Oregon Measure Nos. 342-343, Prohibition of Liquor Traffic Initiative (1910)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 344-345, Prohibition of Liquor Initiative (1910)

1909

1. Alabama Liquor Manufacture, Amendment 1 (1909)

1908

1. Oklahoma State Question 1, State Alcohol Regulation Agency Amendment (1908)
2. Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321, Local Liquor Regulation by Voters Initiative (June 1908)
3. South Dakota Local Liquor Option Initiative (1908)

1907

1. Oklahoma State Question 2, Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (September 1907)

1906

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Local Option Liquor Privileges Initiative (June 1906)

1904

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Local Option Alcohol Elections Initiative (June 1904)

1903

1. Vermont Local Option Alcohol Sales Act (1903)

1900

1. South Dakota Repeal of State Control Liquor Amendment (1900)

1898

1. South Dakota State Control of Liquor Amendment (1898)

1896

1. South Dakota Prohibition Repeal Amendment (1896)

1891

1. Texas Proposition 2, Local Option Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1891)

1890

1. Nebraska Liquor Traffic Licensing, Amendment 2 (1890)
2. Nebraska Liquor Traffic Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1890)

1889

1. New Hampshire Alcohol Prohibition, Question 5 (1889)
2. South Dakota Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (October 1889)
3. Washington Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (October 1889)

1887

1. Michigan Trafficking of Alcohol Amendment (April 1887)
2. Texas Proposition 2, State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1887)

1886

1. Florida Local Prohibition Option Amendment (1886)

1883

1. Ohio Prohibition of Liquor Traffic, Amendment 3 (October 1883)
2. Ohio Regulation of Liquor Traffic, Amendment 2 (October 1883)

1882

1. Iowa Liquor Prohibition, Amendment 1 (June 1882)

1876

1. Michigan Licensing for Liquor Sales Amendment (1876)

1874

1. Ohio Liquor Licensing, Amendment 4 (August 1874)

1855

1. Iowa Liquor Prohibition, Referendum 1 (April 1855)

1853

1. Vermont Prevention of Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors for the Purpose of Drinking (1853)
2. Wisconsin Question 1, Liquor Prohibition Advisory Question (1853)

1848

1. Vermont Licensing Innkeepers and Retailers, Second Act (1848)

1847

1. Vermont Licensing Innkeepers and Retailers Act (1847)

Alabama

1. Alabama Federal Repeal of Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1933)
2. Alabama Liquor Manufacture, Amendment 1 (1909)

Arizona

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 100-101, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1914)
2. Arizona Measure Nos. 102-103, Eight-Year Waiting Period for Repeated Prohibition Elections Initiative (1914)
3. Arizona Measure Nos. 104-105, Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1916)
4. Arizona Measure Nos. 104-105, Repeal of Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1932)
5. Arizona Measure Nos. 108-109, County Prohibition Exemption Amendment (1916)
6. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Local Option for Alcohol Initiative (September 1950)
7. Arizona Proposition 100, Prohibiting Resale of Alcohol on Indian Reservations Amendment (1954)

Arkansas

1. Arkansas Alcohol Tax Increase, Referred Act 285 (1954)
2. Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Initiative, Issue 4 (2014)
3. Arkansas Liquor Laws, Initiated Act No. 1 (1938)
4. Arkansas Local Liquor Option, Initiated Act No. 1 (1942)
5. Arkansas Local Option Elections, Initiated Act No. 2 (1948)
6. Arkansas Statewide Prohibition, Act 2 (September 1912)

California

1. California Proposition 1, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1916)
2. California Proposition 1, Drinking Saloons Prohibition Initiative (1918)
3. California Proposition 1, Repeal of the Wright Act Initiative (1932)
4. California Proposition 10, Repeal of Inoperable Prohibition Amendment Amendment (1949)
5. California Proposition 12, Alcohol Restrictions Initiative (1948)
6. California Proposition 126, Alcohol Tax Increase Amendment (1990)
7. California Proposition 13, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1934)
8. California Proposition 134, Alcohol Surtax Fund and Tax Increase Initiative (1990)
9. California Proposition 18, Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board Amendment (1962)
10. California Proposition 2, Alcohol Regulations Initiative (1934)
11. California Proposition 2, Alcohol Regulations and Licensing Initiative (1948)
12. California Proposition 2, Alcoholic Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1916)
13. California Proposition 2, Intoxicating Liquor Prohibition Amendment (1920)
14. California Proposition 2, Liquor Regulations Initiative (1932)
15. California Proposition 2, Prohibition Laws Referendum (1922)
16. California Proposition 2, Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquor Initiative (1914)
17. California Proposition 22, Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1918)
18. California Proposition 3, Alcoholic Beverage Commission Initiative (1936)
19. California Proposition 3, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Amendment (1954)
20. California Proposition 39, Prohibition Amendment Timeline Initiative (1914)
21. California Proposition 47, Prohibition Elections Initiative (1914)
22. California Proposition 5, Alcohol Sale Amendment (1956)
23. California Proposition 9, Alcohol Regulations Initiative (1936)
24. California Proposition 9, Repeal of the Wright Act Initiative (1926)

Colorado

1. Colorado Amendment No. 7, Sale of Wine in Grocery Stores Initiative (1982)
2. Colorado Measure 1, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1912)
3. Colorado Measure 2, Search and Seizure of Alcohol Initiative (1912)
4. Colorado Measure 2, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1914)
5. Colorado Measure 3, Beer Exempt from Prohibition Initiative (1916)
6. Colorado Measure 3, Local Option for Alcohol Initiative (1948)
7. Colorado Measure 3, State Prohibition and Enforcement Initiative (1918)
8. Colorado Measure 5, Legislative Authority Over Interstate Liquor Amendment (1926)
9. Colorado Measure 7, Statewide Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1932)
10. Colorado Proposition 124, Retail Liquor Store Licenses Initiative (2022)
11. Colorado Proposition 125, Wine Sales in Grocery and Convenience Stores Initiative (2022)
12. Colorado Proposition 126, Alcohol Delivery Service Initiative (2022)
13. Colorado Referendum N, Removal of Obsolete Alcohol Provisions Amendment (2008)

Connecticut

1. Connecticut Question 3, Petitioning for Repeal of 18th Amendment Advisory Question (1932)

Florida

1. Florida Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1918)
2. Florida Amendment 3, County Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1934)
3. Florida Local Prohibition Option Amendment (1886)
4. Florida Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1910)

Georgia

1. Georgia Amendment 3, DUI Penalties Amendment (1998)
2. Georgia Amendment 6, Regulation of Alcohol Sales Amendment (1994)
3. Georgia Referendum 1, Alcoholic Beverage Control Measure (May 1935)
4. Georgia Referendum 2, Beer Licensing Measure (May 1935)
5. Georgia Referendum 3, Wine Production Measure (May 1935)

Idaho

1. Idaho County Option Liquor Control Act, Initiative 1 (1940)
2. Idaho Forbid Manufacture and Sale of Liquor, SJR 1 (1916)
3. Idaho Liquor Traffic Regulation, SJR 5 (1934)
4. Idaho Local Option Prohibition Act, Initiative 2 (1946)
5. Idaho Sobriety Act, Initiative 2 (1940)
6. Idaho Sobriety Act, Initiative 3 (1946)

Illinois

1. Illinois Light Wine and Beer Question (1922)
2. Illinois Modification of Federal Act Enforcing 18th Amendment Question (1926)
3. Illinois Modification of the Volstead Act Question (1930)
4. Illinois Prohibition Act Repeal Question (1930)
5. Illinois Repeal 18th Amendment Question (1930)

Iowa

1. Iowa Liquor Prohibition, Amendment 1 (June 1882)
2. Iowa Liquor Prohibition, Referendum 1 (April 1855)
3. Iowa Repeal of Prohibition, Question 1 (June 1933)

Kansas

1. Kansas Alcohol, Amendment 1 (1970)
2. Kansas Taxation of Alcohol, Amendment 2 (1986)

Maine

1. Maine Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, Amendment No. 1 (1934)
2. Maine Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, Question No. 1 (1911)
3. Maine Standard Percentage of Alcohol in Intoxicating Liquors, P.L. 1909 c. 241 (1910)
4. Maine Sunday Liquor Sales, Referendum Question (1966)
5. Maine Transportation of Intoxicating Liquor, Referendum Question (1934)

Maryland

1. Maryland Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1916)

Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Question 1, Definition of Intoxicating Liquors Initiative (1920)
2. Massachusetts Question 1, Licenses for Food Stores Selling Wine Initiative (2006)
3. Massachusetts Question 1, Removal of Sales Tax on Alcohol Initiative (2010)
4. Massachusetts Question 2, Repeal of the Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1930)
5. Massachusetts Question 3, Changes to Alcohol Retail Licensing Initiative (2022)
6. Massachusetts Question 3, Prohibition of Alcohol Referendum (1924)
7. Massachusetts Question 4, Enforcement of Federal Prohibition Referendum (1922)
8. Massachusetts Question 8, Purchasing and Selling Age for Alcohol Advisory Question (1972)

Michigan

1. Michigan Licensing for Liquor Sales Amendment (1876)
2. Michigan Municipalities' Decisions on the Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1916)
3. Michigan Permission for Alcohol Initiative (April 1919)
4. Michigan Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment (1916)
5. Michigan Proposal B, Lowering the Drinking Age Amendment (1980)
6. Michigan Proposal D, Prohibition of Alcohol Possession by Those Under 21 Initiative (1978)
7. Michigan Proposal No. 1, Liquor Regulations Initiative (1932)
8. Michigan Trafficking of Alcohol Amendment (April 1887)

Minnesota

1. Minnesota Prohibit Alcohol, Amendment 1 (1918)

Missouri

1. Missouri Amendment 10, Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages Initiative (1910)
2. Missouri Amendment 3, Prohibition of Intoxicating Beverages Initiative (1916)
3. Missouri Amendment 6, Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (1918)
4. Missouri Proposition 10, County Jurisdiction on Prohibition Referendum (1914)
5. Missouri Proposition 13, Prohibition Referendum (1920)
6. Missouri Proposition 3, Repeal Prohibition Laws Initiative (1926)
7. Missouri Proposition 7, Abolish State Beverage Inspector Office Referendum (1922)

Montana

1. Montana Adopt the Federal Prohibition Laws, I-32 (1928)
2. Montana Beer and Wine License Quota System, I-94 (1982)
3. Montana Establish Drinking Age, C-4 (1978)
4. Montana Establish Legal Drinking Age, C-15 (1986)
5. Montana Liquor Tax, IR-59 (1958)
6. Montana Prohibition, R-10 (1916)
7. Montana Raise the Drinking Age, LR-74 (1978)
8. Montana Repeal Liquor Laws, I-30 (1926)
9. Montana Retail Sales of Alcohol, IR-40 (1938)
10. Montana Sale of Table Wine, I-81 (1978)

Nebraska

1. Nebraska Amendment 1, Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1916)
2. Nebraska Amendment 1, Prohibition Repeal Amendment (1934)
3. Nebraska Amendment 2, Regulation of Club Liquor Licenses Measure (1992)
4. Nebraska Initiative 1, Prohibition of Liquor Traffic Initiative (1944)
5. Nebraska Liquor Traffic Licensing, Amendment 2 (1890)
6. Nebraska Liquor Traffic Prohibition, Amendment 1 (1890)

Nevada

1. Nevada Question 2, Statewide Prohibition Initiative (1918)
2. Nevada State Question 3, Prohibition on Address Liquor Traffic Abuses Measure (1926)

New Hampshire

1. New Hampshire Alcohol Prohibition, Question 5 (1889)

North Carolina

1. North Carolina Convention to Repeal 18th Amendment of U.S. Constitution Question (1933)
2. North Carolina Sale of Mixed Beverages Amendment (1973)

North Dakota

1. North Dakota Alcohol Sale Locations and Age Limit, Initiative 6 (1964)
2. North Dakota Alcohol Sales Hours, Initiative 2 (1954)
3. North Dakota Alcohol Sales Hours, Initiative 3 (1952)
4. North Dakota Alcohol in Restaurants Issue (1942)
5. North Dakota Authorizing Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum, Amendment 1 (1952)
6. North Dakota Beer Initiative (1933)
7. North Dakota Bootlegging Definition Referendum (1916)
8. North Dakota Dancing and Liquor Sales Prohibition Referendum (1938)
9. North Dakota Liquor Control Initiative (1936)
10. North Dakota Liquor Sale Restriction Initiative (1944)
11. North Dakota Liquor Sale Restriction Referendum (1946)
12. North Dakota Local, County and Municipal Liquor, Initiative 2 (1950)
13. North Dakota Local Option Anti-Monopoly Liquor Control Initiative (1934)
14. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Control Referendum (1936)
15. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Sales Initiative (1939)
16. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum (1944)
17. North Dakota Municipal Liquor Stores Referendum (1948)
18. North Dakota Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1928)
19. North Dakota Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1932)
20. North Dakota Repeal Alcohol Sale Restrictions, Initiative 3 (1948)
21. North Dakota Repeal Statutory Prohibition Initiative (1934)
22. North Dakota Repeal of Liquor Control Act Initiative (1938)
23. North Dakota Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Initiative (1934)

Ohio

1. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1914)
2. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1915)
3. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1917)
4. Ohio Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1918)
5. Ohio Allow Home Consumption of Alcohol Initiative (1922)
6. Ohio Definition of Intoxicating Liquor to Exclude Certain Beverages Initiative (1919)
7. Ohio Home Rule on Alcohol Initiative (1914)
8. Ohio License to Transport to Alcohol Referendum (1915)
9. Ohio Licensing of Liquor Traffic Amendment (September 1912)
10. Ohio Liquor Licensing, Amendment 4 (August 1874)
11. Ohio Minimum Age for Alcohol Consumption Initiative (1983)
12. Ohio Prohibition of Liquor Traffic, Amendment 3 (October 1883)
13. Ohio Ratification of Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) of U.S. Constitution Referendum (1919)
14. Ohio Regulation of Liquor Traffic, Amendment 2 (October 1883)
15. Ohio Repeal State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (1933)
16. Ohio Repeal State Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1919)
17. Ohio State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum (1919)
18. Ohio State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum (1920)
19. Ohio Transportation of Alcohol to Areas Where the Sale of Alcohol is Prohibited Initiative (1913)

Oklahoma

1. Oklahoma Regulations Governing the Sale of Wine and Beer, State Question 792 (2016)
2. Oklahoma State Question 1, State Alcohol Regulation Agency Amendment (1908)
3. Oklahoma State Question 183, Non-Intoxicating and Intoxicating Beverages Measure (July 1933)
4. Oklahoma State Question 2, Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (September 1907)
5. Oklahoma State Question 22, Municipality Liquor Sales Initiative (1910)
6. Oklahoma State Question 226, Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1936)
7. Oklahoma State Question 289, Alcoholic Beverages Regulations Initiative (1940)
8. Oklahoma State Question 343, Prohibition Repeal Initiative (1949)
9. Oklahoma State Question 376, Alcoholic Beverages County Option Initiative (December 1957)
10. Oklahoma State Question 386, Repeal Prohibition and Create Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Amendment (April 1959)
11. Oklahoma State Question 387, Alcoholic Beverages County Option Amendment (April 1959)
12. Oklahoma State Question 406, Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Amendment (1962)
13. Oklahoma State Question 480, Liquor by the Drink Initiative (1972)
14. Oklahoma State Question 515, Licensed Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Amendment (1976)
15. Oklahoma State Question 530, Allow for Brewer-Distributor Agreement Amendment (1978)
16. Oklahoma State Question 563, Regulation and Sale of Alcohol Initiative (September 1984)
17. Oklahoma State Question 591, Sale of Wine Amendment (1986)
18. Oklahoma State Question 637, Alcohol Sales During Elections Amendment (1990)
19. Oklahoma State Question 638, State Engagement in the Alcoholic Beverage Business Amendment (September 1990)
20. Oklahoma State Question 663, Remove Restrictions on Wineries Amendment (1994)
21. Oklahoma State Question 688, Retail Sale of Wine Amendment (2000)
22. Oklahoma State Question 73, Cause for Removal from Office Initiative (August 1914)
23. Oklahoma State Question 733, Alcohol Sales on Election Days Amendment (2006)
24. Oklahoma State Question 743, Wine Retail Sale Amendment (2008)

Oregon

1. Oregon Measure 1, Liquor Licenses for Public Passenger Carriers Amendment (1974)
2. Oregon Measure 2, Expand Liquor-by-the-Drink Licenses Amendment (May 1980)
3. Oregon Measure 5, Tax on Malt Beverages and Cigarettes for Athletic Fund Initiative (19880
4. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Local Option Alcohol Elections Initiative (June 1904)
5. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Repeal of Federal Alcohol Prohibition Measure (July 1933)
6. Oregon Measure Nos. 304-305, Local Option Liquor Privileges Initiative (June 1906)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Licenses for Alcohol Sales Referendum (1940)
8. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Privatization of Alcohol Sales Initiative (1940)
9. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Repeal of Alcohol Prohibition Initiative (1932)
10. Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, State Sales of 14% Alcohol Liquor Referendum (1944)
11. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Issuance of Alcohol Dispensing Licenses Initiative (1948)
12. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Legalization of Four Percent Malt Liquors Initiative (1916)
13. Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Repeal of State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (July 1933)
14. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Ban on Intoxicating Liquor Imports Initiative (1916)
15. Oregon Measure Nos. 316-317, Prohibit "Promotively Advertised" Alcoholic Beverages Initiative (1950)
16. Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321, Local Liquor Regulation by Voters Initiative (June 1908)
17. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Prohibition of Private Alcohol Sales Initiative (1938)
18. Oregon Measure Nos. 328-329, Exclusive Liquor Power for Local Municipalities Initiative (1910)
19. Oregon Measure Nos. 328-329, Licensing for Alcohol Sold by Glass Initiative (1952)
20. Oregon Measure Nos. 332-333, Liquor Prohibition Initiative (1914)
21. Oregon Measure Nos. 342-343, Prohibition of Liquor Traffic Initiative (1910)
22. Oregon Measure Nos. 344-345, Prohibition of Liquor Initiative (1910)

South Carolina

1. South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Container Question 1 (2004)
2. South Carolina Amendment on Alcoholic Liquors and Beverages, Amendment 5 (1972)
3. South Carolina Sale of Alcohol, Amendment 3 (1974)
4. South Carolina Treatment and Rehabilitation of Alcohol and Drug Addicts, Amendment 2 (1968)

South Dakota

1. South Dakota Amendment 7, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1916)
2. South Dakota Amendment B, Repeal Prohibition Measure (1934)
3. South Dakota Initiated Measure, Sale of Liquor with Food Initiative (1948)
4. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Limit Sale of Liquor Measure (1950)
5. South Dakota Local Liquor Option Initiative (1908)
6. South Dakota Prohibition Repeal Amendment (1896)
7. South Dakota Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (October 1889)
8. South Dakota Referred Law, Regulate Liquor Labeling Measure (1948)
9. South Dakota Referred Law 1, Amending Prohibition Referendum (1920)
10. South Dakota Referred Law 1, Local Liquor Option Initiative (1914)
11. South Dakota Referred Law 2, Liquor Permits Issuance Referendum (1916)
12. South Dakota Repeal of State Control Liquor Amendment (1900)
13. South Dakota State Control of Liquor Amendment (1898)

Texas

1. Texas Proposition 1, State Alcohol Dispensary Amendment (1936)
2. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1935)
3. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (July 1911)
4. Texas Proposition 1, Statewide Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (May 1919)
5. Texas Proposition 11, Winery Operation Regulation Amendment (September 2003)
6. Texas Proposition 2, Local Option Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1891)
7. Texas Proposition 2, Prohibition of Open Saloons Repeal Amendment (1970)
8. Texas Proposition 2, State Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (August 1887)
9. Texas Proposition 4, Sale of Alcohol Amendment (August 1933)

Utah

1. Utah Amendment 1, Prohibit the Use and Possession of Alcohol Measure (1918)
2. Utah Amendment 2, Repeal the Prohibition of Alcohol Measure (1933)
3. Utah Initiative A, Regulate the Sale and Consumption of Alcohol Measure (1968)

Vermont

1. Vermont Licensing Innkeepers and Retailers, Second Act (1848)
2. Vermont Licensing Innkeepers and Retailers Act (1847)
3. Vermont Local Option Alcohol Sales Act (1903)
4. Vermont Prevention of Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors for the Purpose of Drinking (1853)
5. Vermont Prohibition on the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Act (1916)

Washington

1. Washington Alcohol Prohibition Amendment (October 1889)
2. Washington Initiative 13, Private Alcohol Sales Ban Measure (1948)
3. Washington Initiative 171, Alcohol Regulations by the Drink Measure (1948)
4. Washington Initiative 18, Remove Restrictions on Alcohol Purchases and Hotel Alcohol Sales Measure (1916)
5. Washington Initiative 194, Alcohol Television Advertising Prohibition Measure (1954)
6. Washington Initiative 205, Spirituous Liquor Licenses for Taverns Measure (1960)
7. Washington Initiative 24, Breweries Regulation Measure (1916)
8. Washington Initiative 242, Implied Consent for Driver Intoxication Tests Measure (1968)
9. Washington Initiative 261, Privatization of Liquor Sales Measure (1972)
10. Washington Initiative 3, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1914)
11. Washington Initiative 61, Liquor Regulations and Felonies Measure (1932)
12. Washington Liquor State Licensing, Initiative 1183 (2011)
13. Washington Privatize Liquor Distribution, Initiative 1100 (2010)
14. Washington Referendum 10, Alcohol Prohibition Measure (1918)
15. Washington Referendum 36, Minimum Drinking Age Measure (1973)
16. Washington Revise State Liquor Laws, Initiative 1105 (2010)

West Virginia

1. West Virginia Alcoholic Liquor Control Amendment, Amendment 1 (1962)

Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Liquor Prohibition Advisory Question (1853)
2. Wisconsin Question 1, Prohibition Enforcement Act Advisory Question (1920)
3. Wisconsin Question 3, Federal Prohibition Enforcement Advisory Question (1926)
4. Wisconsin Question 3, Prohibition Enforcement Repeal Advisory Question (April 1929)
5. Wisconsin Question 4, Prohibition Enforcement Modification Advisory Question (April 1929)

See also

• List of ballot measures by topic