The following is a partial list of Oregon ballot measures, dating back to 1990.

In Oregon, the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902, due to the efforts of the Direct Legislation League. Oregon pioneered the process, which was known nationally as the Oregon System.

Early measures

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1922

• 6 — required children between eight and sixteen to attend public school; the measure passed 115,506 to 103,685, but was invalidated by the Supreme Court of the United States in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925).

1988

• 7 — added almost 500 miles of protected waterways to the Oregon Scenic Waterways System (which was formed through an initiative passed in 1970, the original Oregon Scenic Waterways Act). The measure passed 663,604 votes to 516,998 votes. The chief petitioners were Ray Atkeson, Harold Lonsdale and Roy Bowden.

1990s

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1990

• 5 — limited property taxes, equalized school funding.

1992

• 9 — would have amended the state constitution to declare homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse".

1994

• 11 — established mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent felonies, required adult trials and sentencing for those felonies for defendants over age 15.
• 13 — also known as the "Minority Status and Child Protection Act", would have restricted public library access to materials dealing with homosexuality.
• 16 — legalized doctor-assisted euthanasia.
• 19 — would have amended state constitution to exempt obscenity from the state constitution's free speech protections.

1996

• 36 — raised state minimum wage to $6.50 per hour.
• 47 — limited property taxes, required double-majority for some local tax increases.

1997

• 50 — made changes to Measure 47.
• 51 — would have repealed Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.

1998

• 58 — allowed adoptees access to original births certificates (and hence, previously secret information about their birth parents).
• 60 — established vote-by-mail for all Oregon elections.
• 67 — legalized medical marijuana.

2000s

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2000

• 3 — prohibited forfeiture without conviction.
• 8 — would have capped state spending
• 9 — would have prohibited "encouragement" of homosexuality by public schools.
• 86 — mandated kicker checks in the state Constitution.
• 94 — would have repealed 1994's Measure 11.

2002

• 13 — would have allowed transfer of money from a state education trust fund to the school fund, and would have done such a transfer immediately.
• 17 — would have lowered minimum age for serving in state legislature from 21 to 18.
• 19 — similar to Measure 13, but transferred less money, and passed
• 23 — would have established universal health care in Oregon.
• 25 — raised minimum wage to $6.90, tied it to the consumer price index.
• 26 — prohibited paying signature gatherers (for initiative petitions) per signature
• 27 — would have required labeling of GMO foods.

2003

• 28 — would have created a temporary 1% income tax increase to balance state budgets.

2004

• 30 — would have created a temporary income tax surcharge to balance state budgets.
• 33 — would have expanded Oregon's medicial marijuana law to allow for the creation of nonprofit dispensaries
• 36 — amended the Oregon constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman (i.e., prohibited same-sex marriage)
• 37 — amended the Oregon constitution to require governments to pay owner when condemning private property or taking it by other action, including laws precluding all substantial beneficial or economically viable use.
• 38 — would have abolished SAIF, the state-run workers' compensation provider

2005/6

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External links

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• Election History from Oregon Blue Book
• List of Initiatives, Referenda, and Recalls, also from Oregon Blue Book
• Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division

Oregon law | Oregon Ballot Measures