| Year |
Type |
Topic |
Outcome |
| 2006 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Minimum wage |
Passed |
| 2006 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Casino gambling |
Failed |
| 2006 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Pro-smoking measure |
Failed |
| 2006 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Prohibit smoking
in places of employment and most
public places |
Passed |
| 2005 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Vote by mail |
Failed |
| 2005 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Contribution limits |
Failed |
| 2005 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Legislative redistricting |
Failed |
| 2005 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Election administration |
Failed |
| 2004 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Defining the word 'marriage' |
Passed |
| 2002 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Drug treatment and incarceration |
Failed |
| 1998 |
Statutory
Initiative |
To prohibit the hunting or taking of mourning doves |
Failed |
| 1997 |
Referendum |
Repeal changes
in workers compensation laws |
Repealed |
| 1996 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Authorize the establishment
of river boat casino gambling
in Ohio |
Failed |
| 1994 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Prohibit taxes
on the sale or purchase of food
for human consumption off the
premises where sold |
Passed |
| 1992 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Require businesses
to provide labels or warnings
in the use or release of toxic
chemical substances |
Failed |
| 1992 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Limit successive
terms of office for U.S. Senator
from Ohio to two terms and U.S.
Representative from Ohio to four
terms |
Passed |
| 1992 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Limit successive
terms of office for State Senator
from Ohio to two terms and State
Representative to four terms |
Passed |
| 1992 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Limit successive
terms of office for Lt. Governor,
Secretary of State, Treasurer
of State, Attorney General, and
Auditor of State to two terms |
Passed |
| 1990 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Authorize the license
of a casino resort hotel. The
City of Lorain would serve as
a pilot program for potential
statewide or county-by-county
gaming ordinances. Taxes would
be levied on the revenues. |
Failed |
| 1987 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Change the way
Ohio selects its Supreme Court
and Appeals Court judges by abolishing
the direct election method and
replacing it with an appointment
system. |
Failed |
| 1983 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Repeal all taxes
passed since 1982. |
Failed |
| 1983 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Require a 3/5 majority
of the General Assembly to raise
taxes. |
Failed |
| 1983 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Raise the minimum
age to 21 years for the consumption
of beer. |
Failed |
| 1982 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Direct election
of Public Utility Commissioners |
Failed |
| 1981 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Abolish the present
methods of establishing general
assembly and congressional districts,
to create the commission for reapportionment
and redistricting, and to require
the commission to approve the
plan which is most compact. |
Failed |
| 1981 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Authorize the sale
of workers compensation insurance
coverage by private insurance
companies |
Failed |
| 1980 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Restructure state
taxes on personal income, real
estate, corporations, and personal
property. |
Failed |
| 1979 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Provide mandatory
deposits on all bottles and prohibit
the sale of beverages in metal
cans that have detachable pull-tabs |
Failed |
| 1977 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Prohibit the use
of leg hold traps or any trapping
device causing prolonged suffering. |
Failed |
| 1977 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Provide that a
person is entitled to vote if
he or she has been registered
for 30 days. |
Passed |
| 1976 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Simplify the procedures
for initiative and referendum. |
Failed |
| 1976 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Establish procedures
for legislative hearings and approval
of safety features of nuclear
power plants and related facilities. |
Failed |
| 1976 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Provide for representation
of residential utility consumers
in regulatory actions affecting
their interests. |
Failed |
| 1976 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Limit the rates
which may be charged to residential
consumers for fixed amounts of
gas and electricity. |
Failed |
| 1975 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Authorize the issuance
of bonds and notes, not to exceed
$2.75 billion for capital improvements
for cities, villages, counties
and other subdivisions and for
other capital improvements including
energy facilities and heart and
cancer facilities. |
Failed |
| 1975 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Relative to the
authority of the state, municipal
corporations, and counties to
provide assistance with respect
to housing and nursing, extended
care and other health facilities. |
Failed |
| 1975 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Authorize the issuance
of bonds and notes, not to exceed
$1.75 billion to be paid from
an additional levy of 9/10 of
1 cent per gallon of gasoline
tax, for the development, restoration,
and upgrading of highways and
other transportation facilities. |
Failed |
| 1975 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Create and preserve
jobs by the authorization of tax
incentives to industrial plants. |
Failed |
| 1972 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Conditions for
prohibition upon the levy of a
tax on income, except a municipal
income tax, or increasing the
rates thereof, without the approval
of a majority of the voting electors. |
Failed |
| 1965 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Amend the school
foundation program and increase
taxes to support it. |
Failed |
| 1962 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Limit the power
of the state to forbid the sale
of certain goods and services
on Sunday. |
Failed |
| 1958 |
Constitutional
Amendment |
Forbid labor contract
which establish union membership
as a condition for continuing
employment (right-to-work) |
Failed |
| 1955 |
Statutory
Initiative |
Increase unemployment
compensation |
Failed |