Potential 2025 ballot measures
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As of May 2, 2025, Ballotpedia is tracking 41 potential state ballot measures, including 12 initiated ballot measures and 29 referred ballot measures, that could appear on the ballot in 2025.
Ballotpedia lists potential ballot initiatives that have been filed or cleared for circulation, depending on state process, and potential legislative referrals that are at least 50% through the legislative process to appear on the ballot.
Colorado
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Ballotpedia is tracking no potential state ballot measures in this state.
Kansas
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Ballotpedia is tracking no potential state ballot measures in this state.
Louisiana
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Ballotpedia is tracking no potential state ballot measures in this state.
Maine
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| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| IndISS | Voter Photo Identification Initiative | Voting policy measures | Require a voter to present photo identification to vote |
| IndISS | Extreme Risk Protection Orders Initiative | Firearms | Establish a process for obtaining an Extreme Risk Protection Order |
| VR | Repeal State Biennial Budget Referendum | Revenue allocation | Repeal the state biennial budget for 2026 and 2027 |
| LRCA | Equality of Rights Amendment | Constitutional rights | Prohibit the state from denying rights based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, ancestry, or national origin |
New York
- See also: New York 2025 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex Amendment | Forests and parks | Authorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex on Forest Preserve land in the Town of North Elba, Essex County and add at least 2500 additional acres to the Forest Preserve |
Ohio
- See also: Ohio 2025 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICA | Minimum Wage Increase Initiative | Minimum wage | Increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour |
| CICA | Voting and Elections Amendment | Elections and campaigns | Make various changes to the Ohio Constitution regarding voting and elections, including providing for automatic voter registration and same-day registration change, voting by non-electronic and electronic means, providing photo identification, and require the state of Ohio to make accommodations for voters with disabilities |
| CICA | Right to Sue Government Actors and Eliminate Immunity Defenses for Constitutional Violations Initiative | Constitutional rights | Allow persons to bring civil lawsuits against the state, political subdivisions, public employees for alleged violations of constitutional rights under the Ohio Constitution |
| VR | Policies Regarding Higher Education and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Referendum | Higher education governance | Repeal S.B. 1, which made changes to laws regarding high education, including requirements related to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and training |
Texas
- See also: Texas 2025 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Increase Property Tax Exemption Amendment | Taxes and Property | Increases the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 |
| LRCA | Denial of Bail for Felony Offenses Committed by Noncitizens Without Lawful Immigration Status Amendment | Civil and criminal trials | Denies bail for felony offenses committed by illegal aliens as defined in the amendment |
| LRCA | Denial of Bail for Certain Violent or Sexual Offenses or Human Trafficking Amendment | Civil and criminal trials | Denies bail to individuals accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or human trafficking |
| LRCA | Establish Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Amendment | Healthcare | Establish the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion from the general fund |
| LRCA | Prohibit Capital Gains Tax on Individuals, Estates, and Trusts Amendment | Taxes | Prohibit a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust |
| LRCA | Parental Rights Amendment | Marriage and family and Constitutional rights | Provides in the state constitution that parents have the "inherent right to exercise care, custody, and cntrol of the parent's child and to make decisions for the upbringing of the parent's child" and prohibits the state from interfering with these rights without a compelling government interest |
| LRCA | Prohibit State Funds From Being Used on Local Retirement Liabilities Amendment | State and local government budgets, spending and finance | Prohibits the use of state funds to pay local retirement liabilities |
| LRCA | Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment | Citizenship voting requirements | Prohibit noncitizens from voting in state and local elections |
| LRCA | Authorize Tax Exemption for Tangible Property Used for Income Production Amendment | Property tax exemptions ballot measures | Authorize the state legislature to exempt personal tangible property used for income production from taxes |
| LRCA | Parental Right to Direct Child's Education Amendment | Constitutional rights | Establish a right for parents to direct their child's education, including accessing teaching materials and attending governing board meetings within the public school system or choosing an alternative to public school |
| LRCA | Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers During Emergency Declarations Amendment | State executive powers and duties and State legislative processes and sessions | Provide for state executive, legislative, and judicial powers during certain disaster or emergency declarations |
| LRCA | Increase Maximum Amount in Economic Stabilization Fund Amendment | Budget stabilization funds | Increase maximum amount in state's economic stabilization fund to from 10% to 15% of the general fund |
| LRCA | Change Membership and Authority of State Commission on Judicial Conduct Amendment | State judiciary oversight | Changes the composition of the 13-member state Commission on Judicial Conduct and changes authority governing judicial misconduct |
| LRCA | Authorize State Legislature to Override Veto After Session Amendment | State legislative processes and sessions | Provide for a special session to consider certain bills vetoed by the governor |
| LRCA | Suspension from Office During Impeachment Process Amendment | Impeachment rules | Provide ordinary pay to officials suspended from office during impeachment proceedings and authorize the state legislature to pass laws related to the impeachment process |
| LRCA | Increase Homestead Tax Exemption for Elderly and Disabled Amendment | Property tax exemptions | Increase the property tax exemption from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals |
| LRCA | Establish Homestead Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans Killed by a Service-Connected Disease Amendment | Property tax exemptions and Veterans policy | Establish a property tax homestead exemption on all or part of the market value of the homestead of a surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disease |
| LRCA | Property Tax Exemption on Retail Animal Feed Amendment | Property tax exemptions | Establish a property tax exemption on animal feed held by the owner of the property for retail sale |
| LRCA | Property Tax Exemption For Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Amendment | Property tax exemptions | Establish a property tax exemption for homesteads of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities |
| LRCA | Prohibit Death Taxes on a Decedent's Property or Estate Transfer Amendment | Property taxes | Prohibit the state legislature from enacting laws imposing death taxes on a decendent's property or the transfer of an estate |
| LRCA | Allocate Portion of Sales Tax Revenue to Water Fund Amendment | Sales taxes and Water infrastructure | Allocate sales tax revenue that exceeds the first $48 billion with a maximum of $1 billion per fiscal year to the state water fund and authorize the state legislature by a two-thirds vote to adjust the amount allocated |
| LRCA | Create Nuclear Development Fund Amendment | Nuclear energy and Restricted-use funds | Create a state nuclear development fund to finance the development, construction, and operation of nuclear reactor projects for energy generation |
| LRCA | Authorize Legislature to Define Farm Products for Taxation Purposes Amendment | Property tax exemptions and Agriculture policy | Authorize the state legislature to define farm products for the purposes of applying state property tax exemptions |
| LRCA | Health Care Workforce Education Fund Amendment | Restricted-use funds and Healthcare policy | Create a state fund to provide for healthcare workforce education |
| LRCA | Homestead Exemption for Improvements Made to Residence Destroyed by Fire Amendment | Property tax exemptions | Provide a temporary homestead exemption for improvements made to residences destroyed by fire |
Washington
- See also: Washington 2025 ballot measures
Initiatives
- See also: Initiatives to the People
To qualify an Initiative to the People for the 2025 ballot, 308,911 are required by July 3, 2025.
| Type | Number | Title | Subject | Description | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CISS | IP25-628 | Designate Judges as Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse or Neglect Initiative | Judiciary | Include judges on the list of people who are mandatory reporters to law enforcement or the Department of Children, Youth, and Families when they have reasonable cause to believe a child has suffered abuse or neglect | Albert Coburn |
| CISS | IP25-406 | Limit Vehicle Emission Standards and Greenhouse Gas Disclosures to California Residents Initiative | Transportation and Environment | Limit motor vehicle emission standards and a greenhouse-gas-disclosure law to California state residents purchasing or registering vehicles in Washington | Brandon Ducharme |
| CISS | IP25-419 | Participation in High School and College Sports Based on Birth Certificate Sex Initiative | Sex and gender and Sports | Provide that high school and college sports teams be based on the biological sex as stated on official birth certificates; allow enforcement lawsuits | Peter Himmel |
| CISS | IP25-476 | Remove Inactive Voters from Statewide Voter Database Initiative | Suffrage | Require the state to screen its voter database and remove inactive voters and cancel their voter registrations; require voter signature updates every two years | Peter Himmel |
| CISS | IP25-629, IP25-017, IP25-071, IP25-097, IP25-459, IP25-879, IP25-948 | Parental Rights to Review School Materials and Opt out of Sexual-Health Education Initiative | Public school governance | Repeal laws designed to amend Initiative 2081, which established parental rights to review instructional materials, records, receive notifications, and opt out from sexual education | Brian Heywood, Larry Jensen |
| CISS | IP25-269 | Repeal Restrictions on Assault Weapons, Magazines, and Concealed Pistols Initiative | Firearms | Repeal laws restricting assault weapons, large-capacity magazines, and concealed pistols; eliminate emergency authority to prohibit explosives; apply changes to pending cases; dissolve state and local government agencies established to enforce such laws | Vincent Antonino |
Wisconsin
- See also: Wisconsin 2025 ballot measures
Ballotpedia is tracking no potential state ballot measures in this state.
