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Brief 2021 Statewide Ballot Measures: Overview of Fiscal Proposals

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Updated October 29, 2021 | Leo Garcia
Related Topic: Fiscal
State Measure Description
Colorado Proposition 119 Increases tax on marijuana retail sales by 5% to partially fund an out-of-school educational program and a board to govern the program.
Colorado

Proposition 120

 Reduces residential and non-residential property tax rates; authorizes the state to retain and spend $25 million in revenue above the state's TABOR spending cap, which it would otherwise be required to refund to taxpayers.
Louisiana

Amendment 1

 Amends the Louisiana Constitution to create the State and Local Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Commission.
Louisiana

Amendment 2

 Amends the Louisiana Constitution to decrease the maximum rate of individual income tax from 6% to 4.75%.
Louisiana

Amendment 3

 Applies a property tax limit of five mills ($5 per $1,000 of assessed value) in levee districts created after 2006 in levee districts where a majority of voters approve the 2021 constitutional amendment.
Texas Proposition 7 Amends the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to extend a homestead tax limit for surviving spouses of disabled individuals as long as the spouse is 55 years old and resides at the home.
Texas

Proposition 8

 Amends the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to apply a homestead tax exemption for surviving spouses of members of the military to those fatally injured in the line of duty.
Washington

Advisory Vote 36

 Advises the legislature to either maintain or repeal a tax on phone lines to fund behavioral health and suicide prevention services passed in House Bill 1477.
Washington

Advisory Vote 37

 Advises the legislature to either maintain or repeal a capital gains tax increase to fund education and child services passed in Senate Bill 5096.
Washington

Advisory Vote 38

 Advises the legislature to either maintain or repeal a tax on captive insurers passed in Senate Bill 5315.

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