Results of 2019 State and Local Tax Ballot Initiatives

Stanton Measure A would authorize multi-rate gross receipts taxes on future cannabis businesses (analysis).

67%

Brisbane Measure E would authorize multi-rate gross receipts taxes on future cannabis businesses, with revenue going to general municipal services (analysis).

80%

Proposition CC would suspend future refunds from the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), dedicating revenue to education and transportation (analysis).

45%

55%

Proposition DD would legalize sports betting in casinos and online and impose an excise tax at a rate of 10 percent of net betting proceeds (analysis).

50.6%

49.4%

Albuquerque Measure R-160 would renew a 0.25 percent local sales tax to continue funding transportation infrastructure.

65%

35%

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Tax Referendum imposes an additional city property tax of 0.5 mills to generate additional funding for city parks.

52%

48%

Proposition 3 would amend the constitution to permit local governments to provide tax exemptions for properties in declared disaster areas.

85%

15%

Proposition 4 would amend the constitution to prohibit the adoption of an individual income tax (analysis).

75%

25%

Proposition 5 would constitutionally enshrine a provision dedicating sales tax revenue from the sale of sporting goods.

88%

12%

Proposition 9 would exempt precious metals held in depositories from the tangible personal property tax.

52%

Advisory Vote 20 asks whether to retain an 0.58 percent payroll tax (which otherwise goes into effect in 2022) to fund a new Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program, expected to raise about a billion dollars per year (analysis).

35%

Advisory Vote 21 asks whether to retain a recently adopted Business & Occupation (B&O) tax surcharge on timber products (analysis).

40%

60%

Advisory Vote 22 asks voters their view of a new assessment on paint products, to fund paint waste management (analysis).

35%

65%

Advisory Vote 23 solicits voters’ view of the new tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products, imposed at 9 cents per milliliter, estimated to raise $178 million over a decade (analysis).

65%

35%

Advisory Vote 24 asks whether to retain surcharges on B&O tax liability for service industries, tiered based on their worldwide gross revenue, to pay for new workforce education programming, estimated to raise $2.25 billion over a decade (analysis).

35%

Advisory Vote 25 pertains to an increase in the B&O rate on financial institutions, projected to raise an additional $1.04 billion over 10 years (analysis).

42%

58%

Advisory Vote 26 asks voters for their support of the state’s new, post-Wayfair remote sales tax regime, with a $100,000 gross sales safe harbor for small sellers (analysis).

43%

57%

Advisory Vote 27 asks voters’ opinions of a new separate rate for petroleum products under the state’s unusual “hazardous substance tax,” designed to raise $2.76 billion in new revenue over the first decade (analysis).

36%

64%

Advisory Vote 28 takes the pulse of the public on recently adopted legislation repealing a sales tax exemption for nonresidents who make purchases in Washington (analysis).

54%

46%

Advisory Vote 29 gauges voter approval of the conversion of Washington’s real estate excise tax into a graduated rate tax with a top rate of 3 percent, intended to bring in $1.75 billion over a 10-year window (analysis).

33%

67%

Advisory Vote 30 asks voters about their support for a B&O surtax on tour operators and travel agents (analysis).

42%

58%

Advisory Vote 31 solicits input on the recently adopted B&O surtax on international investment management services (analysis).

55%

45%

Initiative 976 would limit annual vehicle licensing fees to $30 for passenger vehicles, and base vehicle tax calculations on Kelley Blue Book values rather than 85 percent of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP), while repealing the $150 fee on electric vehicles.

56%

44%

Spokane Proposition 2 would prohibit the city from adopting a municipal income tax should that option become legally available to it.

73%

27%