Legislatively-referred state statute

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A legislatively-referred state statute is a statute that appears on a state's ballot as a ballot measure because the state legislature in that state voted to put it before the voters.

A legislatively-referred statute is a limited form of direct democracy with comparison to the initiated state statute. With the initiated statute, voters are in charge of the process from beginning to end, whereas with the legislatively-referred statute, they can only approve or reject laws which their legislature votes to place before them.

States with referral

Arizona Arkansas California Delaware Illinois

Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan

Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico

North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota

Utah Washington

Other types of ballot measures

Other types of ballot measures that appear in multiple states are:

advisory question Automatic ballot referral legislatively-referred bond question combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute

commission referral indirect initiated constitutional amendment indirect initiated state statute initiated constitutional amendment

initiated state statute legislatively-referred constitutional amendment legislatively-referred state statute veto referendum

Some related terms:

ballot measure Constitutional convention

Indirect initiative Legislative referral

See also

• Forms of direct democracy in the American states

External links

• State chart of direct democracy options