List of Kentucky ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Kentucky.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2024

See also: Kentucky 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 1	Citizenship voting requirements	Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote	a	1,208,898 (62%)	727,515 (38%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 2	State legislative authority; School choice policy	Allow the state to provide funding for non-public education	d	706,942 (35%)	1,298,967 (65%)

2022

See also: Kentucky 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 1	State legislative processes and sessions	Remove legislative session end dates and provides that odd-year sessions are limited to 30 legislative days and even-year sessions are limited to 60 legislative days	d	602,226 (46%)	694,311 (54%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 2	Abortion policy; Constitutional rights	Provide that the state constitution does not create a right to an abortion or public abortion funding	d	675,634 (48%)	742,232 (52%)

2020

See also: Kentucky 2020 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 1	Crime victims' rights; Criminal trials	Adds a Marsy's Law to the Kentucky Constitution	a	1,156,883 (63%)	668,866 (37%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 2	Judicial term limits	Extends the office terms of commonwealth's attorneys and district judges and changes licensing requirements	d	574,585 (31%)	1,279,394 (69%)

2018

See also: Kentucky 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Marsy's Law Amendment	Crime victims' rights; Criminal trials	The Kentucky Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment was on the ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018. On October 15, 2018, a circuit court blocked votes from being counted for the amendment. On June 13, 2019, the state Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling, thus rending the amendment invalid.		868,932 (63%)	514,440 (37%)

2012

See also: Kentucky 2012 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment	Constitutional rights; Right to hunt and fish	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife	a	1,298,340 (84%)	238,320 (16%)

2004

See also: Kentucky 2004 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Defined marriage as being between one man and one woman, and declared any legal status identical to or similar to marriage for unmarried individuals as invalid		1,222,125 (75%)	417,097 (25%)

2002

See also: Kentucky 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	State judiciary	a	726,837 (75%)	236,041 (25%)
	Amendment 2	Business regulations	a	570,796 (61%)	368,854 (39%)

2000

See also: Kentucky 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	Administration of government	a	576,081 (52%)	524,877 (48%)
	Amendment 2	Administration of government	a	547,020 (51%)	535,025 (49%)

1998

See also: Kentucky 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government	d	413,143 (49%)	431,304 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	a	678,141 (79%)	183,806 (21%)

1996

See also: Kentucky 1996 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	Taxes; Public education governance; Public education funding	a	567,790 (67%)	276,018 (33%)

1994

See also: Kentucky 1994 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Balanced budget requirements	a	273,142 (54%)	233,189 (46%)

1992

See also: Kentucky 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	a	777,373 (71%)	324,824 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures	a	540,156 (51%)	516,233 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive official measures	d	408,234 (39%)	643,708 (61%)

1990

See also: Kentucky 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	Administration of government	d	296,060 (42%)	415,721 (58%)
	Amendment 2	Administration of government	d	213,821 (31%)	472,725 (69%)
	Amendment 3	Administration of government	d	230,723 (34%)	445,853 (66%)
	Amendment 4	Taxes	a	584,522 (71%)	235,806 (29%)

1988

See also: Kentucky 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Mineral resources	a	882,960 (83%)	187,119 (17%)

1986

See also: Kentucky 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance	d	228,909 (43%)	306,905 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local official term limits	a	297,883 (58%)	219,201 (42%)

1984

See also: Kentucky 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local official term limits; Law enforcement officers and departments	a	512,741 (63%)	303,987 (37%)

1981

See also: Kentucky 1981 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Executive official term limits; Local official term limits	d	213,988 (36%)	381,362 (64%)

May 26

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property; Taxes	a	254,065 (51%)	247,939 (49%)

1979

See also: Kentucky 1979 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Four Amendments Referendum	State legislatures measures	a	187,933 (58%)	137,053 (42%)
LRCA	General Assembly Election Years Referendum	State legislative elections	a	183,056 (60%)	124,318 (40%)

1977

See also: Kentucky 1977 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Convention Referendum	State constitutional conventions	d	165,311 (39%)	254,934 (61%)

1975

See also: Kentucky 1975 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Judicial Branch Restructuring Referendum	State judiciary	a	215,419 (54%)	180,124 (46%)
LRCA	Senior Residence Tax Exemption Referendum	State judiciary	a	235,596 (61%)	150,163 (39%)

1973

See also: Kentucky 1973 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Government Reorganization Referendum	Administration of government	d	159,005 (46%)	186,157 (54%)
LRCA	Legislative Session Referendum	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	d	131,392 (39%)	207,672 (61%)

1971

See also: Kentucky 1971 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Senior Residence Tax Exemption Referendum	Property; Taxes	a

1969

See also: Kentucky 1969 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Agricultural Land Assessment Referendum	Property; Agriculture policy; Taxes	a
LRCA	Legislative Session Referendum	State legislatures measures	d

1967

See also: Kentucky 1967 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposed Constitution Referendum	State constitution ratification	d	143,133 (22%)	517,034 (78%)

1963

See also: Kentucky 1963 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Five Amendments Referendum	State legislatures measures	d
LRCA	Salary Limit Referendum	Salaries of government officials	d

1960

See also: Kentucky 1960 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Convention Referendum	State constitutional conventions	d	324,777 (49%)	342,501 (51%)
BI	Highways and Parks Bonds Ballot Question	Transportation; Bond issues	a

1959

See also: Kentucky 1959 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Sheriff Succession Referendum	Law enforcement officers and departments	d
LRCA	Veteran Bonus Sales Tax Referendum	Veterans policy; Taxes	a

1957

See also: Kentucky 1957 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Commissioner of Education Referendum	Elections and campaigns; Administration of government; Public education governance	a

1955

See also: Kentucky 1955 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Household Goods Tax Exemption Referendum	Taxes		a
LRCA	Suffrage Amendment	Suffrage	Changes to the suffrage provision of the state constitution	a

1953

See also: Kentucky 1953 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	School Fund Referendum	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a

1951

See also: Kentucky 1951 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Unlimited Constitutional Amendments Referendum	Ballot measure process	d

1949

See also: Kentucky 1949 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	School Funds Referendum	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a
LRCA	State and City Official Salaries Referendum	Salaries of government officials	a

1947

See also: Kentucky 1947 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Constitutional Convention Referendum	State constitutional conventions	d	144,692 (43%)	191,876 (57%)

1945

See also: Kentucky 1945 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Absentee Voting Referendum	Absentee and mail voting	a
LRCA	Highway Fund Taxes Referendum	Taxes; Transportation	a

1943

See also: Kentucky 1943 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Workers' Compensation Referendum	Workers' compensation laws	d

1941

See also: Kentucky 1941 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Equalization Fund Referendum	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	312,986 (85%)	53,924 (15%)
LRCA	Voting Machines Referendum	Election administration and governance	a

See also

• 2025 ballot measures