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2012 Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Drugs

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	Missouri	Proposition B: Relating to Cigarette Taxes	Failed

Environment

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Aug. 28, 2012	Alaska	Ballot Measure 2: An Act Establishing the Alaska Coastal Management Program	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Alabama	Statewide Amendment 1: Proposed Statewide Amendment Number 1	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Idaho	House Joint Resolution 2: Proposing a New Section to the Constitution of the State of Idaho to Provide That the Rights to Hunt, Fish and Trap, Including by the Use of Traditional Methods, Are a Valued Part of the Heritage of the State of Idaho and Shall Forever be Preserved for the People and Managed Through the Laws, Rules	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Maine	Question 5: Bond Issue - Drinking Water Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Maine	Question 3: Bond Issue - Land and Conservation Easements	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Nebraska	Proposed Amendment 2: Constitutional Amendment to Establish the Right to Hunt, to Fish, and to Harvest Wildlife and That Public Hunting, Fishing, and Harvesting of Wildlife is a Preferred Means of Managing and Controlling Wildlife	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Oregon	Measure 81: Prohibits Commercial Non-tribal Fishing with Gillnets in Oregon "Inland Waters," Allows use of Seine Nets	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Rhode Island	Question 5: Clean Water Finance Agency Bonds	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Rhode Island	Question 6: Environmental Management Bonds $20,000,000	Passed

Food Processing and Sales

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	California	Proposition 37: Genetically Engineered Foods. Labeling. Initiative Statute.	Failed

Health Insurance

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	Florida	Ballot (6): Prohibition on Public Funding of Abortions/Construction of Rights	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Florida	Ballot (1): Health Care Services	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Louisiana	CA NO. 1 (Act 873 - SB 82): Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Missouri	Proposition E: Relating to State-Based Health Insurance Exchanges	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Montana	Legislative Referendum No.122: Referendum to Prohibit Health Insurance Purchase Requirement	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Initiative Measure 15: An Initiated Measure to Increase State General Sales and Use Taxes for Additional K-12 Public Education and Medicaid Funding	Failed

Health and Health Care

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Sept. 18, 2012	Alabama	Act No. 2012-490: To Propose an Amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to Provide a New Procedure for Distributions Made from the Alabama Trust Fund Beginning with the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year; to Provide Further for Distributions Made from the County and Municipal Government Capital Improvement Trust Fund...	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Alabama	Statewide Amendment 6: Proposed Statewide Amendment Number 6	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Arkansas	Issue No. 5: The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act	Failed
June 5, 2012	California	Proposition 29: HOPE 2010 : The California Cancer Research Act	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Massachusetts	Question 2: Prescribing Medication to End Life	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	Massachusetts	Question 3: Medical Use of Marijuana	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Montana	Legislative Referendum No.120: Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 2011	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Montana	Initiative Referendum No. 124: Montana Marijuana Act	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Oklahoma	State Question No. 765: It Abolishes the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Commission of Human Services and the Position of Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	Wyoming	Constitutional Amendment A: Right of Health Care Access	Passed