Mineral resources ballot measures

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As a state ballot measure topic, mineral resources include measures regarding mining practices and mineral resource extraction. The topic is grouped within the environment and energy policy area.

This page provides information on:

• upcoming ballot measures and
• a comprehensive list of ballot measures by year and state.

Upcoming ballot measures

See also: 2025 ballot measures and 2026 ballot measures

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

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

List of ballot measures

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Year

State

2020

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 1, North Slope Oil Production Tax Increase Initiative (2020)
2. Louisiana Amendment 2, Include Oil and Gas Value in Tax Assessment of Wells Amendment (2020)

2018

1. Montana I-186, Requirements for Permits and Reclamation Plans of New Hard Rock Mines Initiative (2018)

2014

1. Alaska Bristol Bay Mining Ban, Ballot Measure 4 (2014)
2. Alaska Oil Tax Cuts Veto Referendum, Ballot Measure 1 (August 2014)

2013

1. New York Land Swap With NYCO Minerals Amendment, Proposal 5 (2013)

2012

1. Utah Amendment A, Place Revenue from the Severance Tax into the State Trust Fund Measure (2012)

2010

1. Louisiana Natural Resource Severance Taxes, Amendment 2 (2010)

2008

1. Alaska Measure 4, Water Standards at New Metallic Mineral Mines Initiative (August 2008)
2. Colorado Amendment 52, Severance Taxes for Highway Projects Initiative (2008)

2006

1. Alaska Measure 2, Natural Gas Tax Initiative (2006)

2004

1. Montana Open-pit Mining, I-147 (2004)

2003

1. Texas Proposition 2, Redemption of Mineral Interests Amendment (September 2003)

2002

1. Alaska Measure 3, Natural Gas Development Authority Initiative (2002)

1998

1. Maine Question 1, Science and Technology Research and Development Bond Measure (1998)
2. Montana Cyanide Process Open Pit Mining Prohibition, I-137 (1998)

1996

1. North Dakota Exchange of Land and Mineral Interests, Measure 2 (1996)
2. Utah Proposition 2, Include Mining Industry and Modify Wording in the Revenue and Taxation Article Amendment (1996)

1995

1. Louisiana Mineral Rights Amendment (October 1995)

1994

1. Oregon Measure 14, Chemical Process Mining Standards Initiative (1994)

1992

1. Mississippi Natural Resources, Amendment 5 (1992)
2. North Dakota Land and Mineral Rights Sales, Measure 2 (1992)
3. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Regulate Gold and Silver Mining Measure (1992)

1990

1. North Dakota Use of Coal Tax Revenue, Measure 3 (1990)
2. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Permits for Large Scale Mining Measure (1990)

1989

1. Louisiana Wetlands Fund Amendment (October 1989)

1988

1. Kentucky Mineral Rights Constitutional Amendment (1988)
2. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Surface Mining Reclamation Measure (1988)
3. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Mining Tax Measure (1988)

1986

1. North Dakota Coal Mineral Interest Exchanges Referendum, Measure 1 (1986)
2. Oklahoma State Question 589, Child Labor in Mines Amendment (1986)
3. Oklahoma State Question 594, Mine Inspector and Mining Districts Measure (August 1986)

1983

1. Maine Mineral Value and Municipal Property Tax Reimbursement, Constitutional Amendment 8 (1983)

1982

1. Alabama Offshore Oil Trust Fund Amendment (March 1982)
2. Louisiana Ad Valorem Tax on Coal and Lignite Amendment (1982)
3. Montana Remove Prohibition on Disposal of Radioactive Waste, LR-89 (1982)

1980

1. North Dakota Oil Extraction Tax Initiative, Measure 6 (1980)
2. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Initiative (1980)

1978

1. South Dakota Amendment C, Public Land Mineral Rights Measure (1978)

1976

1. South Dakota Amendment E, School and Public Lands Modernization Measure (1976)

1974

1. Georgia Amendment 11, Payment for Aluminum Ore Plant Measure (1974)

1964

1. Minnesota Taxation on Taconite, Copper and Nickel, Amendment 1 (1964)

1960

1. North Dakota State Mineral Rights Referendum, Amendment 2 (1960)

1958

1. Utah Amendment 4, Provide that Revenue From Mineral Deposits be Used for Public School Funding Measure (1958)

1956

1. California Proposition 4, California Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Initiative (1956)

1954

1. Idaho Dredge Mining Initiative, Initiative 1 (1954)
2. South Dakota Amendment A, Pooling Lease Money Measure (1954)

1948

1. Nebraska Amendment 1, Mineral Taxation Amendment (1948)

1940

1. California Proposition 13, State Park Land Leases for Oil and Gas Amendment (1940)

1930

1. Utah Amendment 4, Permit Legislation to Govern Valuation of Mining Property Measure (1930)

1927

1. Wisconsin Question 2, Forest and Minerals Tax Amendment (April 1927)

1926

1. Oklahoma State Question 138, Ad Valorem Tax Method Initiative (1926)

1925

1. Maine Incorporation of Dexter P. Cooper, Referendum Question (1925)

1924

1. Montana Mining Tax for Workmen's Compensation, I-28 (1924)

1922

1. Minnesota Tax on Ore Mining, Amendment 2 (1922)

1920

1. Nebraska Amendment 11, Mineral Rights Amendment (September 1920)

1918

1. Massachusetts Question 2, Eminent Domain for Conservation and Use of Natural Resources Amendment (1918)
2. South Dakota Amendment F, State Coal Measure (1918)
3. Utah Amendment 3, Change the Property Tax Rates for Mines Measure (1918)

1916

1. Minnesota Mining Ore, Amendment 3 (1916)
2. Utah Amendment 2, Change the Property Tax Rate for Mines Measure (1916)

1912

1. Colorado Measure 19, Underground Workers Regulations Initiative (1912)
2. Colorado Mining and Smelting as Public Interests, Measure 30 (1912)
3. Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)
4. Utah Amendment 8, Tax Coal and Hydro-carbon Mines Like Metal Mines Measure (1912)

1908

1. Utah Amendment 1, Separate Property Used for Mining from Portions for Other Uses for Tax Purposes Measure (1908)

1906

1. Washington Allow Eminent Domain for Right-of-Ways in Timber, Lumbering, and Mining Operations Amendment (1906)

1892

1. Minnesota Gross Earnings Taxes, Amendment 2 (1892)
2. New York Onondaga Salt Springs, Amendment 3 (1892)

Alabama

1. Alabama Offshore Oil Trust Fund Amendment (March 1982)

Alaska

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 1, North Slope Oil Production Tax Increase Initiative (2020)
2. Alaska Bristol Bay Mining Ban, Ballot Measure 4 (2014)
3. Alaska Measure 2, Natural Gas Tax Initiative (2006)
4. Alaska Measure 3, Natural Gas Development Authority Initiative (2002)
5. Alaska Measure 4, Water Standards at New Metallic Mineral Mines Initiative (August 2008)
6. Alaska Oil Tax Cuts Veto Referendum, Ballot Measure 1 (August 2014)

California

1. California Proposition 13, State Park Land Leases for Oil and Gas Amendment (1940)
2. California Proposition 4, California Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Initiative (1956)

Colorado

1. Colorado Amendment 52, Severance Taxes for Highway Projects Initiative (2008)
2. Colorado Measure 19, Underground Workers Regulations Initiative (1912)
3. Colorado Mining and Smelting as Public Interests, Measure 30 (1912)

Georgia

1. Georgia Amendment 11, Payment for Aluminum Ore Plant Measure (1974)

Idaho

1. Idaho Dredge Mining Initiative, Initiative 1 (1954)

Kentucky

1. Kentucky Mineral Rights Constitutional Amendment (1988)

Louisiana

1. Louisiana Ad Valorem Tax on Coal and Lignite Amendment (1982)
2. Louisiana Amendment 2, Include Oil and Gas Value in Tax Assessment of Wells Amendment (2020)
3. Louisiana Mineral Rights Amendment (October 1995)
4. Louisiana Natural Resource Severance Taxes, Amendment 2 (2010)
5. Louisiana Wetlands Fund Amendment (October 1989)

Maine

1. Maine Incorporation of Dexter P. Cooper, Referendum Question (1925)
2. Maine Mineral Value and Municipal Property Tax Reimbursement, Constitutional Amendment 8 (1983)
3. Maine Question 1, Science and Technology Research and Development Bond Measure (1998)

Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Question 2, Eminent Domain for Conservation and Use of Natural Resources Amendment (1918)

Minnesota

1. Minnesota Gross Earnings Taxes, Amendment 2 (1892)
2. Minnesota Mining Ore, Amendment 3 (1916)
3. Minnesota Tax on Ore Mining, Amendment 2 (1922)
4. Minnesota Taxation on Taconite, Copper and Nickel, Amendment 1 (1964)

Mississippi

1. Mississippi Natural Resources, Amendment 5 (1992)

Montana

1. Montana Cyanide Process Open Pit Mining Prohibition, I-137 (1998)
2. Montana I-186, Requirements for Permits and Reclamation Plans of New Hard Rock Mines Initiative (2018)
3. Montana Mining Tax for Workmen's Compensation, I-28 (1924)
4. Montana Open-pit Mining, I-147 (2004)
5. Montana Remove Prohibition on Disposal of Radioactive Waste, LR-89 (1982)

Nebraska

1. Nebraska Amendment 1, Mineral Taxation Amendment (1948)
2. Nebraska Amendment 11, Mineral Rights Amendment (September 1920)

New York

1. New York Land Swap With NYCO Minerals Amendment, Proposal 5 (2013)
2. New York Onondaga Salt Springs, Amendment 3 (1892)

North Dakota

1. North Dakota Coal Mineral Interest Exchanges Referendum, Measure 1 (1986)
2. North Dakota Exchange of Land and Mineral Interests, Measure 2 (1996)
3. North Dakota Land and Mineral Rights Sales, Measure 2 (1992)
4. North Dakota Oil Extraction Tax Initiative, Measure 6 (1980)
5. North Dakota State Mineral Rights Referendum, Amendment 2 (1960)
6. North Dakota Use of Coal Tax Revenue, Measure 3 (1990)

Ohio

1. Ohio Promotion of Natural Resources Conservation Amendment (September 1912)

Oklahoma

1. Oklahoma State Question 138, Ad Valorem Tax Method Initiative (1926)
2. Oklahoma State Question 589, Child Labor in Mines Amendment (1986)
3. Oklahoma State Question 594, Mine Inspector and Mining Districts Measure (August 1986)

Oregon

1. Oregon Measure 14, Chemical Process Mining Standards Initiative (1994)

South Dakota

1. South Dakota Amendment A, Pooling Lease Money Measure (1954)
2. South Dakota Amendment C, Public Land Mineral Rights Measure (1978)
3. South Dakota Amendment E, School and Public Lands Modernization Measure (1976)
4. South Dakota Amendment F, State Coal Measure (1918)
5. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Surface Mining Reclamation Measure (1988)
6. South Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Initiative (1980)
7. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Mining Tax Measure (1988)
8. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Permits for Large Scale Mining Measure (1990)
9. South Dakota Initiated Measure 2, Regulate Gold and Silver Mining Measure (1992)

Texas

1. Texas Proposition 2, Redemption of Mineral Interests Amendment (September 2003)

Utah

1. Utah Amendment 1, Separate Property Used for Mining from Portions for Other Uses for Tax Purposes Measure (1908)
2. Utah Amendment 2, Change the Property Tax Rate for Mines Measure (1916)
3. Utah Amendment 3, Change the Property Tax Rates for Mines Measure (1918)
4. Utah Amendment 4, Permit Legislation to Govern Valuation of Mining Property Measure (1930)
5. Utah Amendment 4, Provide that Revenue From Mineral Deposits be Used for Public School Funding Measure (1958)
6. Utah Amendment 8, Tax Coal and Hydro-carbon Mines Like Metal Mines Measure (1912)
7. Utah Amendment A, Place Revenue from the Severance Tax into the State Trust Fund Measure (2012)
8. Utah Proposition 2, Include Mining Industry and Modify Wording in the Revenue and Taxation Article Amendment (1996)

Washington

1. Washington Allow Eminent Domain for Right-of-Ways in Timber, Lumbering, and Mining Operations Amendment (1906)

Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin Question 2, Forest and Minerals Tax Amendment (April 1927)

See also

• List of ballot measures by topic