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2024 South Dakota Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Abortion

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 11: Reinstate Prohibition Against Abortion	Failed

Business and Consumers

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment H: Repeal certain provisions of the State Constitution relating to corporations.	Failed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 9: South Dakota Small Investors Protection Act.	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Referred Law 12: An Act to Prohibit Smoking Tobacco or Carrying Lighted Tobacco Products in Certain Places and to Require Certain Persons to Inform Violators of the Prohibition	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment M: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Regarding Certain Provisions Relating to Corporations	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 23: An Initiated Measure to Give Certain Organizations the Right to Charge Fees	Failed

Constitution

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment J: Eliminate term limits for legislators	Failed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment I: Provide for a maximum of forty legislative days each year.	Passed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment H: Repeal certain provisions of the State Constitution relating to corporations.	Failed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment G: Repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment K: An Amendment to Article VI of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Right of Individuals to Vote by Secret Ballot	Passed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment L: An Amendment to Article XIII of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Trust Fund Created from the Proceeds of the State Cement Enterprise Sales	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment P: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Adding Balanced Budget Requirements	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment M: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Regarding Certain Provisions Relating to Corporations	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment S: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Expand Rights for Crime Victims	Passed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment T: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Provide for State Legislative Redistricting by a Commission	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment U: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Limiting the Ability to Set Statutory Interest Rates for Loans	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment V: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Establishing Nonpartisan Elections	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Referred Law 19: An Act to Revise State Laws Regarding Elections and Election Petitions	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment R: South Dakota Governing Technical Education Institutes	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment X: An amendment to the South Dakota Constitution increasing the number of votes needed to approve a constitutional amendment.	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment Z: An amendment to the South Dakota Constitution establishing that a proposed constitutional amendment may embrace only one subject, and requiring proposed amendments to be presented and voted on separately.	Passed
June 7, 2022	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment C: 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Measures Increasing Taxes or Appropriating Ten Million	Failed

Criminal Justice

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment S: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Expand Rights for Crime Victims	Passed
June 5, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment Y: An amendment to the South Dakota Constitution revising certain provisions relating to the rights of crime victims	Passed

Economy and Fiscal

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Referred Law 14: An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund	Failed

Education

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 25: An initiated measure increasing the State tobacco tax and creating a postsecondary technical institute fund for the purposes of lowering student tuition and providing financial support to the State postsecondary technical institutes.	Failed

Elections

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 10: South Dakota Open and Clean Government Act	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment K: An Amendment to Article VI of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Right of Individuals to Vote by Secret Ballot	Passed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment V: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Establishing Nonpartisan Elections	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Referred Law 19: An Act to Revise State Laws Regarding Elections and Election Petitions	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 22: An Initiated Measure to Revise State Campaign Finance and Lobbying Laws, Create a Publicly Funded Campaign Finance Program, Create an Ethics Commission, and Appropriate Funds	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment W: An initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution changing campaign finance and lobbying laws, creating a government accountability board, and changing certain initiative and referendum provisions.	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 24: An initiated measure prohibiting contributions to ballot question committees by non-residents, out-of-state political committees, and entities that are not filed with the Secretary of State	Passed

Employment and Affirmative Action

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Referred Law 16: An Education Reform Act to Establish a Teacher Scholarship Program; Create a Program for Math and Science Teacher Bonuses; Create a Program for Teacher Merit Bonuses; Mandate a Uniform Teacher and Principal Evaluation System; and Eliminate State Requirements for Teacher Tenure	Failed
Nov. 4, 2014	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 18: An Initiated Measure to Increase the State Minimum Wage	Passed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Referred Law 20: An Act Lowering the State Minimum Wage for Non- tipped employees under age 18	Failed

Entitlements and the Safety Net

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
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

Finance and Banking

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 9: South Dakota Small Investors Protection Act.	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment M: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Regarding Certain Provisions Relating to Corporations	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment U: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Limiting the Ability to Set Statutory Interest Rates for Loans	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 21: An Initiated Measure to Set a Maximum Finance Charge for Certain Licensed Money Lenders	Passed

Gambling and Gaming

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2014	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment Q: Authorization of Roulette, Keno, and Craps in the City of Deadwood	Passed
Nov. 3, 2020	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment B: Deadwood Sports Betting Legalization Amendment	Passed

Government Budget and Spending

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment L: An Amendment to Article XIII of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Trust Fund Created from the Proceeds of the State Cement Enterprise Sales	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment O: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Changing the Method for Distributions from the Cement Plant Trust Fund	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Referred Law 14: An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund	Failed
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
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment P: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Adding Balanced Budget Requirements	Passed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 25: An initiated measure increasing the State tobacco tax and creating a postsecondary technical institute fund for the purposes of lowering student tuition and providing financial support to the State postsecondary technical institutes.	Failed

Government Operations

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 10: South Dakota Open and Clean Government Act	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment N: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Repealing Certain Reimbursement Restrictions for Travel by Legislators to and from a Legislative Session	Failed

Health Insurance

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
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
Nov. 4, 2014	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 17: An Initiated Measure to Require Health Insurers to Include All Willing and Qualified Health Care Providers on Their Provider Lists	Passed
Nov. 8, 2022	South Dakota	Amendment D: South Dakota Medicaid Expansion Intiative	Passed

Health and Health Care

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 11: Reinstate Prohibition Against Abortion	Failed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Referred Law 12: An Act to Prohibit Smoking Tobacco or Carrying Lighted Tobacco Products in Certain Places and to Require Certain Persons to Inform Violators of the Prohibition	Passed
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 13: An Initiated Measure to Authorize the Possession, Use and Cultivation of Marijuana by and for Persons with Specified Debilitating Medical Conditions Registered with the Department of Health	Failed
Nov. 3, 2020	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 26: Legalize Medical Marijuana	Passed

Higher Education

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment R: South Dakota Governing Technical Education Institutes	Passed

Infrastructure

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment L: An Amendment to Article XIII of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Trust Fund Created from the Proceeds of the State Cement Enterprise Sales	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment O: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Changing the Method for Distributions from the Cement Plant Trust Fund	Passed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Referred Law 14: An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund	Failed

K-12 Education

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Referred Law 16: An Education Reform Act to Establish a Teacher Scholarship Program; Create a Program for Math and Science Teacher Bonuses; Create a Program for Teacher Merit Bonuses; Mandate a Uniform Teacher and Principal Evaluation System; and Eliminate State Requirements for Teacher Tenure	Failed
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

Labor Unions

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment K: An Amendment to Article VI of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Right of Individuals to Vote by Secret Ballot	Passed

Legal

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment S: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Expand Rights for Crime Victims	Passed

Legislative Branch

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment J: Eliminate term limits for legislators	Failed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment I: Provide for a maximum of forty legislative days each year.	Passed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment G: Repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment N: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Repealing Certain Reimbursement Restrictions for Travel by Legislators to and from a Legislative Session	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment T: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Provide for State Legislative Redistricting by a Commission	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment W: An initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution changing campaign finance and lobbying laws, creating a government accountability board, and changing certain initiative and referendum provisions.	Failed

Marijuana

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 13: An Initiated Measure to Authorize the Possession, Use and Cultivation of Marijuana by and for Persons with Specified Debilitating Medical Conditions Registered with the Department of Health	Failed
Nov. 3, 2020	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 26: Legalize Medical Marijuana	Passed
Nov. 3, 2020	South Dakota	Amendment A: Legalize Recreational Marijuana	Passed
Nov. 8, 2022	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 27: South Dakota Marijuana Legalization Initiative	Failed

Minors and Children

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Referred Law 20: An Act Lowering the State Minimum Wage for Non- tipped employees under age 18	Failed

Taxes

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 25: An initiated measure increasing the State tobacco tax and creating a postsecondary technical institute fund for the purposes of lowering student tuition and providing financial support to the State postsecondary technical institutes.	Failed
June 7, 2022	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment C: 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Measures Increasing Taxes or Appropriating Ten Million	Failed

Unemployed and Low-Income

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
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
Nov. 4, 2014	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 18: An Initiated Measure to Increase the State Minimum Wage	Passed

Women

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 11: Reinstate Prohibition Against Abortion	Failed