Law enforcement on the ballot

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Law enforcement on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding violent and non-violent crimes, prison populations, sentencing, police/sheriffs, prisoner rights and victim rights. Subtopics include: death penalty

Examples:

Ballot measures lists

Alabama

  1. Alabama Guilty Pleas, Amendment 3 (1996)

Alaska

  1. Alaska Rights for Crime Victims, Measure 2 (1994)

Arizona

  1. Arizona "Fair Crime Act" Initiative (2012)
  2. Arizona "Victimless Crime Act" Initiative (2012)
  3. Arizona "Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act" Initiative (2012)
  4. Arizona Crime Victims Protection Act Amendment (2012)
  5. Arizona Home Detention Initiative (2012)
  6. Arizona Judges Allowed to Decline Bail for Certain Crimes, Proposition 103 (2002)
  7. Arizona Judicial Department, Proposition 103 (2004)
  8. Arizona Laws Governing Jurisdiction Over Juveniles, Proposition 102 (1996)
  9. Arizona Methamphetamine Offenses, Proposition 301 (2006)
  10. Arizona Proposition 5, Prosecutorial Information from Preliminary Exams (1920)
  11. Arizona Rules Governing Probation for Drug-Related Crimes, Proposition 302 (2002)
  12. Arizona Use or Possession of Controlled Substances, Proposition 200 (1996)
  13. Arizona Violent Offenders Law (2012)

California

  1. "Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act" Initiative (2012)
  2. California "Protection from Transnational Gangs" Initiative (2012)
  3. California Proposition 1, New Prison Construction Bond Act (June 1982)
  4. California Proposition 114, Reclassification of Peace Officers Covered by the Death Penalty Act (1990)
  5. California Proposition 115, the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act" (1990)
  6. California Proposition 12, Voting Eligibility Rules for "Infamous Crime" Felons (1954)
  7. California Proposition 120, Prison Construction Bonds (1990)
  8. California Proposition 129, Tax Increase and Drug Control Act (1990)
  9. California Proposition 133, Sales Tax Increase (1990)
  10. California Proposition 139, Prison Inmate Labor Initiative (1990)
  11. California Proposition 144, New Prison Construction Bond Act (1990)
  12. California Proposition 147, County Jails Bond Act (1990)
  13. California Proposition 15, the Hertzberg-Polanco Crime Laboratories Construction Bond Act (2000)
  14. California Proposition 16, Bonds for County Jails (1984)
  15. California Proposition 17, Bonds for New Prison Construction (1984)
  16. California Proposition 179, Punishment for Murders Committeed with Firearms (1994)
  17. California Proposition 18, Special Circumstances in Murder Trials (2000)
  18. California Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Initiative (1994)
  19. California Proposition 189, No Bail for Felony Sexual Assault Charges (1994)
  20. California Proposition 19, Punishment for Murder of Police Officers (2000)
  21. California Proposition 194, Employed Prisoners Not Eligible for Unemployment Compensation When Released (1996)
  22. California Proposition 195, Special Circumstances Punishable by the Death Penalty (1996)
  23. California Proposition 196, Murders Committed by Firing from Vehicles are Punishable by Death (1996)
  24. California Proposition 2, Bonds to Build and Improve County Jails (1982)
  25. California Proposition 205, Bonds for County Jails (1996)
  26. California Proposition 21, Penal Institutions for Female Felons (1936)
  27. California Proposition 21, Treatment of Juvenile Offenders (2000)
  28. California Proposition 213, Limit on Ability of Drunk Drivers and Felons to Sue for Damages (1996)
  29. California Proposition 222, Sentencing Mandate for Second Degree Murder of Police Officers (1998)
  30. California Proposition 3, Bonds for Correctional and Educational Facilities (1958)
  31. California Proposition 3, Bonds for Educational, Mental and Correctional Institutions (1956)
  32. California Proposition 3, Institutions for Felons (1940)
  33. California Proposition 4, Rules Governing Bail (June 1982)
  34. California Proposition 5, Non-Violent Drug Offenders (2008)
  35. California Proposition 52, Bonds for County Jails (1986)
  36. California Proposition 54, Bonds for Prison Construction (1986)
  37. California Proposition 6, Penalties for Gang-Related Crimes (2008)
  38. California Proposition 66, Changes in the "Three Strikes" Law (2004)
  39. California Proposition 69, Required Collection of DNA Samples from Felons (2004)
  40. California Proposition 8, Felons Not Allowed to Vote While Serving Sentence (1960)
  41. California Proposition 8, Victims' Bill of Rights (June 1982)
  42. California Proposition 80, Construction Bonds for New Prisons (1988)
  43. California Proposition 86, Bonds for County Correctional Facilities (1988)
  44. California Proposition 89, Governor's Parole Review (1988)
  45. California Proposition 9, Marsy's Law (2008)
  46. California Proposition 96, Communicable Diseases Test Act (1988)
  47. Initiative to Change California's "Three Strikes" Law (2012)
  48. Jessica's Law, California Proposition 83 (2006)
  49. San Francisco decriminalize prostitution, Measure K (2008)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Amendment 2 (1982)
  2. Colorado Criminal Defendant Bail Bond, Proposition 102 (2010)
  3. Colorado Referendum A (1992)
  4. Colorado Referendum C (1994)
  5. Colorado Sheriff Qualifications Act (1996)

Connecticut

  1. Connecticut Eliminate County Sheriffs, Question 1 (2000)
  2. Connecticut Victims' Rights, Question 1 (1996)

Florida

  1. Florida Excessive Punishments, Amendment 1 (2002)
  2. Florida Preservation of the Death Penalty, Amendment 2 (1998)

Georgia

  1. Georgia Amendment 3 (1998)
  2. Georgia Replacement of Convicted General Assembly Members, Amendment 1 (2000)

Hawaii

  1. Hawaii Criminal Charges Procedure Amendment, Question 4 (2004)
  2. Hawaii Felony Prosecutions by Written Information Act, Question 3 (2002)
  3. Hawaii Information on Sex Offenders, Question 2 (2004)
  4. Hawaii Patient Confidentiality Amendment, Question 3 (2004)
  5. Hawaii Sexual Assault Crime Amendment, Question 1 (2004)
  6. Hawaii Sexual Assault Crimes Against Minors Act, Amendment 4 (2006)

Idaho

  1. Idaho Rights of Crime Victims, HJR 16

Indiana

  1. Indiana Victims' Rights Act, Public Question 1 (1996)

Iowa

  1. Iowa Offenses Tried without Indictment Act, Chapter 217 (1998)

Louisiana

  1. Louisiana Automatic Pardon, Amendment 8 (Oct 1999)
  2. Louisiana Juvenile Tried as Adult, Amendment 3 (October 1994)
  3. Louisiana Police Salaries, Amendment 4 (Oct 1999)
  4. Louisiana Removal of Public Employees from Employment, Amendment 4 (2002)
  5. Louisiana Salaries for Law Enforcement, Amendment One (2007)
  6. Louisiana Salary Supplements for Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters, Act 485 (2007)
  7. Louisiana Sentencing Guidelines, Amendment 1 (1999)

Maine

  1. Maine "Jessica's Law" Initiative (2009)
  2. Maine Juvenile Delinquency Power Pardon of the Governor (1955)
  3. Maine Seat Belt Referendum, Question 8 (1995)

Maryland

  1. Maryland Civil Jury Trials Amendment, Question 2 (2010)
  2. Maryland Dual Offices Exceptions, Question 3 (1996)
  3. Maryland Victim Rights, Question 1 (1994)

Massachusetts

  1. Massachusetts Drug Treatment Trust Fund Initiative, Question 8 (2000)
  2. Massachusetts Secret Recording Law Initiative (2012)

Michigan

  1. Michigan Crime Victim Amendment, Proposal B (1988)
  2. Michigan Felon Politician Ban Amendment, Proposal 2 (2010)
  3. Michigan Parole Standards Initiative, Proposal B (1978)
  4. Michigan State Officer Commission Amendment, Proposal C (1986)
  5. Michigan State Police Department Amendment, Proposal B (1982)

Mississippi

  1. Mississippi Crime Victim Rights, Amendment 2 (1998)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Crime Victim Rights, Amendment 4 (1992)
  2. Missouri Issue 9, Sheriffs and Coroners May Succeed Themselves in Office (1938)
  3. Missouri Measure 10 (1982)
  4. Missouri Municipal Police Amendment (2012)
  5. Missouri Prevent Racial Profiling Initiative (2012)

Montana

  1. Montana Anti-Intimidation Act, I-123 (1996)
  2. Montana Criminal Law Basis, Amendment C-33 (1998)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Crime Victim Rights, Amendment 3 (May 1996)
  2. Nebraska Enforcement of Dispute Resolution, Amendment 1 (May 1996)
  3. Nebraska Habeas Corpus, Amendment 4 (May 1998)
  4. Nebraska Imprisonment for Fraud Debt, Amendment 3 (May 1998)
  5. Nebraska Judicial and Executive Supervision of Parolee, Constitutional Amendment 4 (2006)

Nevada

  1. Nevada Crime Victim Rights, Question 2 (1996)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Question 3, No Lottery Funds to go to Prisons (1999)

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Initiative 1 (1996)
  2. North Carolina Initiative 2 (1996)
  3. North Carolina No Convicted Felons for Sheriff Amendment (2010)

North Dakota

  1. North Dakota Combined Law Enforcement Council (1970)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Issue 1, Bail Restrictions for Felons (1997)
  2. Ohio Issue 1, Criminal Sentences Act (1995)
  3. Ohio Regulation of Prison Labor, Issue 2 (1978)
  4. Ohio Victims' Rights Act (1994)

Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma Question 724, No Pay for State Legislators While In Prison (2006)
  2. Oklahoma State Question 135, Labels on Products Made by Convicts (1926)
  3. Oklahoma State Question 674 (1996)
  4. Oklahoma State Question 682 (1998)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Ballot Measure 1, Funding for Schools and Prisons (1906)
  2. Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Work Programs for State Prison Inmates (May 1997)
  3. Oregon Capital Punishment Act, Measure 4 (1958)
  4. Oregon Castle Doctrine Initiative (2012)
  5. Oregon Crime Victim Rights Enforcement, Measure 51 (May 2008)
  6. Oregon Criminal Sentence, Measure 57 (2008)
  7. Oregon Guidelines for Punishment of Crime, Ballot Measure 26 (1996)
  8. Oregon Legislature Cannot Reduce Voter-Approved Sentence Without 2/3 Vote, Ballot Measure 10 (1994)
  9. Oregon Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences, Measure 61 (2008)
  10. Oregon Mandatory Sentencing for Felonies, Ballot Measure 11 (1994)
  11. Oregon Minimum Criminal Sentence Increase, Measure 73 (2010)
  12. Oregon Property Protection Amendment, Measure 53 (May 2008)
  13. Oregon Protecting Business and Government Programs From Prison Work Programs, Ballot Measure 68 (1999)
  14. Oregon Rights of Crime Victims, Measure 52 (May 2008)
  15. Oregon State Lottery Amendment, Measure 62 (2008)

Pennsylvania

  1. Pennsylvania Amendment 1, Right of Criminal Defendants to Confront Witnesses (2003)
  2. Pennsylvania Amendment 2, Rules Governing Child Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings (2003)
  3. Pennsylvania Joint Resolution 1, Crimes Where Bail is Disallowed (1998)
  4. Pennsylvania Joint Resolution 2, Right to Trial by Jury (1998)

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Amendment 1 (1998)
  2. South Carolina Referendum 1A, the Victims' Rights Act (1996)
  3. South Carolina Referendum 1B, No Bail for Persons Charged with Violent Crimes (1996)
  4. South Carolina Referendum 2A, Convicted Felons May Not Serve in the State Legislature (1996)
  5. South Carolina Referendum 2B, Convicted Felons May Not Serve in Elective Office (1996)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Criminal Defendant Rights (2002)
  2. South Dakota Measure 5, State Aircraft for State Use (2006)

Tennessee

  1. Tennessee Prisoner Treatment and Conditions, Amendment 1 (1998)
  2. Tennessee Victims' Bill of Rights, Amendment 2 (1998)

Texas

  1. Texas Bail Act, Proposition 4 (2005)
  2. Texas Proposition 10, Compensation Fund for Victims of Crimes (1997)
  3. Texas Proposition 12 (1993)
  4. Texas Proposition 13 (2007)
  5. Texas Proposition 13, Crime Victims Bill of Rights (1989)
  6. Texas Proposition 14, Qualifications of Constables (1997)
  7. Texas Proposition 18, Jail Districts (1987)
  8. Texas Proposition 4 (1991)
  9. Texas Proposition 5 (1993)
  10. Texas Proposition 6, Enforcing Child Support (1983)
  11. Texas Proposition 6, Out of State Prisoner Placement (1985)
  12. Texas Proposition 9, Criminal Justice Functions (1989)

Utah

  1. Utah Drug Enforcement Provisions, Initiative B (2000)
  2. Utah Merit System for County Sheriffs, Initiative A (1960)
  3. Utah Proposition 1 (1994)
  4. Utah Proposition 4 (1998)

Vermont

  1. Vermont Commutation, Remission or Mitigation of Criminal Sentences (1913)
  2. Vermont Imposition of Bail for Criminal Offenses Amendment (1982)
  3. Vermont Limitation of Bail for Criminal Offenses, Proposed Amendment (1994)

Virginia

  1. Virginia Amendment 2 (1998)
  2. Virginia Amendment 2, Rights of Victims (1996)
  3. Virginia Amendment 3, Right of Appeal (1996)

Washington

  1. State of Washington Rights of Accused, Amendment 10 (1922)
  2. State of Washington Rights of Crime Victims, Amendment 84 (1989)
  3. Washington "Three Strikes", Initiative 593 (1993)
  4. Washington Bonds for Juvenile Correctional Institution, Referred Bill 13 (1964)
  5. Washington Inmate Labor Programs, SJR 8212 (2007)
  6. Washington Judge Bail Authority Amendment, HJR 4220 (2010)
  7. Washington Mandatory Death Penalty for Aggravated Murder, Initiative 316 (1975)
  8. Washington Marijuana Decriminalization, Initiative 685 (1997)
  9. Washington Prosecuting Attorneys Act, Referendum 24 (1942)
  10. Washington Red-Light Cameras, Initiative 1187 (2012)

Wisconsin

  1. Wisconsin Bail Reform Amendment, Question 3 (April 1981)
  2. Wisconsin County Responsibility for Acts of Sheriff Amendment, Question 1 (April 1982)
  3. Wisconsin Dueling and Disenfranchisement Amendment, Question 4 (April 1975)
  4. Wisconsin Rights of Victims of Crime, Amendment 1 (April 1993)
  5. Wisconsin Sheriff Term Limits Amendment, Question 2 (April 1961)
  6. Wisconsin Sheriff Term Limits Amendment, Question 3 (April 1956)
  7. Wisconsin Sheriffs Term Limit Removal Amendment, Question 6 (April 1967)

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