We also offer Future Referendum Ideas — creative ideas to research and develop.
See also Past Referendums for 2020, 2022. and 2023. There were none worth reporting for 2021.
There were no referendums on the death penalty this cycle.
Each 2024 referendum
listed by topic
See our Topic Page on Abortion & State Constitutions
Proposition 139
Right to Abortion Initiative
Result: won with 62.8%
Amendment 79
Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative
result: won with 60.9%
Amendment 4
Right to Abortion Initiative
Result: Lost with 43% voting no and 57% voting yes – but it required 60% yes to pass
Question 1
Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment
result: won with 74.5%
Amendment 3:
Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment
result: won with 51.8%
Montana CI-128
Right to Abortion Initiative
result: won with 57.4%
There were two contradictory measures that have turned in signatures.
Initiative 439
Right to Abortion Amendment
result: defeated with 51.3% voting no
Initiative 434
Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment
result won with 55.3%
Question 6
Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment
result: won with 63.3%
Nevada requires two elections for a constitutional amendment, so this will be on the ballot again in 2026.
Proposal 1
Equal Protection Amendment
result: won with 61.5%
Amendment G
Right to an Abortion Amendment
result: defeated with 61.2% voting no
San Francisco Proposition O
Supporting Reproductive Rights
result: won with 82% yes
Amarillo Proposition A
Sanctuary City for the Unborn
result: lost with 59.5% voting no
Because this proposal provided for extreme measures such as restricting travel, a feature that could be seen as overly harsh, and Amarillo is in a state that already bans abortions, we’re not assigning this a “tragically, failed” image. The concept of “sanctuary cities for the unborn” can be a good one when done well.
Practices of dehumanizing can be lethal, and even when they’re less than lethal, they can be one of the root causes leading to violence against the targeted population. 
See our Topic Page: Finally Abolishing Slavery
California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment, should have been on our list because of our concern for finally abolishing slavery. It received so little publicity that we didn’t know about it. Ballotpedia doesn’t have an easily-found page listing all the referendums as it does on several other topics.
Unfortunately, the amendment was defeated, 47-53%.
Question 4
Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution
result: won with 60.1%
Question 2
Revising Language Related to Public Entities for Individuals with Mental Illness, Blindness, or Deafness Amendment
result: won with 65.9%
Constitutional Measure 1
Language Describing State Institutions Amendment
result: won with 83.7%
Amendment E
Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment
result: defeated with 61.3% voting no
Amendment 1
Protection of Persons against Medically-Assisted Suicide
Result: Won with 50.4% voting yes
See our topic page: Pro-life Commentary on Minimum Wage
Ballot Measure 1
Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave
Result: Won with 56.3% voting yes
Proposition 32
$18 Minimum Wage Initiative
result: lost with 50.6% voting no
Proposition A:
Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative
result: won with 57.6%
See our Topic Page: Family and Medical Leave
See also Alaska Ballot Measure 1 and Missouri Proposition A above, which includes both minimum wage and sick leave.
Initiative 436
Paid Sick Leave
result: won with 75.3%
We put this under the “war” category because so many immigrants to the U.S. are fleeing gang wars and violent government repression. It also clearly belongs under “poverty” and, to some extent, racism.
Proposition 314
Immigration and Border Law Enforcement Measure