This is a list of all initiatives that have appeared before Washington state voters from 1914 to 2004, listed by number, subject, and result. (A) indicates the initiative was approved; (R) indicates it was rejected.

1914

• 3, regarding alcohol prohibition (A)
• 6, regarding the Blue Sky Law (securities regulation) (R)
• 7, abolishing the Bureau of Inspection (R)
• 8, abolishing Employment Offices (A)
• 9, regarding first aid to the injured (R)
• 10, regarding convict labor (R)
• 13, regarding the Eight-Hour Law (working hours) (R)

1916

• 18, regarding the Brewers' Hotel (R)

1922

• 40, regarding the poll tax (A)
• 46, regarding the "30-10" school plan (R)

1924

• 49, regarding compulsory school attendance (R)
• 50, limiting taxation (R)
• 52, regarding electric power (R)

1930

• 57, regarding legislative redistricting (A)

1932

• 58, regarding permanent registration (A)
• 61, regarding intoxicating liquors (A)
• 62, creating a Department of Game (A)
• 64, setting a tax limit of 40 mills (A)
• 69, regarding an income tax (A)

1934

• 77, regarding fishing and fish traps (A)
• 94, regarding a tax limit of 40 mills (A)

1936

• 101, regarding civil service (R)
• 114, regarding a tax limit of 40 mills (A)
• 115, regarding old-age pensions (R)
• 119, regarding production for use (R)

1938

• 126, establishing nonpartisan election of school boards (A)
• 129, regarding a tax limit of 40 mills (A)
• 130, regarding the regulation of labor disputes (R)

1940

• 139, regarding public utility district bonds (R)
• 141, regarding old-age pensions (A)

1942

• 151, liberalizing old-age assistance laws (R)

1944

• 157, regarding old-age assistance (R)
• 158, regarding old-age assistance (R)

1946

• 166, regarding public utility districts (R)

1948

• 169, paying a bonus to veterans of World War II (A)
• 171, regarding the serving of liquor by the drink (A)
• 172, liberalizing Social Security laws (A)

1950

• 176, raising public assistance grants to a minimum of $65/month (R)
• 178, modifying the Citizens' Security Act and transferring the public assistance medical program to the state Department of Health (A)

1952

• 180, allowing the manufacture, sale, and use of colored margarine (A)
• 181, establishing the statewide observance of standard time (A)
• 184, liberalizing old-age pension laws (R)

1954

• 188, raising standards for chiropractic examinations (R)
• 192, regulating commercial salmon fishing (R)
• 193, establishing the statewide observance of daylight saving time (R)
• 194, restricting television ads for alcoholic beverages (R)

1956

• 198, regarding employer-employee relations (R)
• 199, regarding legislative redistricting (A)

1958

• 202, restricting labor agreements (R)

1960

• 205, authorizing liquor in taverns (R)
• 207, regarding civil service for state employees (A)
• 208, authorizing joint tenancy in real property (A)
• 210, establishing the statewide observance of daylight saving time (A)

1962

• 211, regarding legislative redistricting (R)

1964

• 215, the Marine Recreation Land Act (A)

1966

• 226, allowing cities to share sales and use taxes (R)
• 229, repealing the Sunday Activities Blue Law (A)
• 233, repealing the Freight Train Crew Law (A)

1968

• 242, establishing drivers' implied consent to intoxication tests (A)
• 245, reducing maximum retail service charges (A)

1970

• 251, regulating the imposition of taxes (R)
• 256, prohibiting certain nonrefundable beverage receptacles (bottle deposit ) (R)

1972

• 258, allowing greyhound racing in certain cities (R)
• 261, regarding liquor sales by retailers (R)
• 276, mandating disclosure of campaign finance information and lobbying activity (A)

1973

• 282, limiting state elected officials' and judges' salary increases to 5.5% over 1965 and 1972 levels, respecitvely (A)

1975

• 314, establishing a 12% corporate excise tax on income to reduce or eliminate special school levies (R)
• 316, mandating the death penalty in the case of aggravated first-degree murder (A)

1976

• 322, outlawing fluoridation of public water supplies (R)
• 325, restricting the future construction of nuclear power facilities (R)

1977

• 335, outlawing businesses engaged in regular public display of pornographic films or sale of pornographic publications (A)
• 345, exempting most food products from sales tax (A)
• 348, repealing the new variable motor vehicle fuel tax and reinstating the old one (R)

1978

• 350, prohibiting forced school busing, with limited exceptions (A)

1980

• 383, banning non-medical radioactive wastes generated outside Washington (A)

1981

• 394, requiring voter approval before issuance of bonds for major public utility energy projects (A)
• 402, abolishing inheritance and gift taxes and limiting state [estate tax]]es to the federal estate tax credit allowed (A)

1982

• 412, setting the maximum interest rate on retail sales at the higher of 12% or 1% over the federal funds rate (R)
• 414, requiring a minimum five-cent refund on sales of beer, malt, and carbonated beverage containers (bottle deposit ) (R)
• 435, replacing sales taxes on food and business and occupation taxes with corporate franchise taxes on net income (R)

1984

• 456, petitioning Congress to decommercialize steelhead and enacting state policies respecting Indian rights and management of natural resources (A)
• 464, exempting the value of trade-ins from selling price on which sales tax is calculated (A)
• 471, outlawing public funding of abortions except to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn child (R)

1988

• 518, increasing the state minimum wage from $2.30 to $3.85 and then to $4.25 (A)

1990

• 547, implementing state growth and environmental protection goals by local comprehensive land use planning and development fees (R)

1991

• 553, setting term limits on the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, on state legislators, and on members of Congress (R)
• 559, setting property values for tax purposes at the January 1, 1985 value or subsequent sales price, adjusted for cost of living changes (R)

1992

• 573, setting term limits for certain offices (A)

1993

• 593, establishing the three-strikes law, mandating that criminals who are convicted of "most serious offenses" on three occasions be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole (A)
• 601, limiting state spending by inflation rates and population growth, and subjecting taxes exceeding the limit to referendum (A)
• 602, limiting state spending and tax collection by a factor based on personal income, and repealing certain taxes (R)

1994

• 607, licensing denturists to make and sell dentures to the public (A)

1995

• 640, establishing state fishing regulations to ensure certain survival rates for non-targeted catch, and prioritizing commercial and recreational fisheries (R)
• 651, allowing unrestricted gambling on Indian lands (R)

1996

• 655, outlawing the taking, hunting, or attracting of black bears with bait and the hunting of bears, cougars, bobcat, and lynx with dogs (A)
• 670, requiring the placement of a ballot notice next to the names of certain candidates who do not support Congressional term limits (R)
• 671, allowing limited electronic gambling on Indian lands for tribal government purposes (R)

1997

• 673, regarding the regulation of health insurance plans (R)
• 676, requiring trigger locks on handguns and handgun safety licenses (R)
• 677, prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (R)
• 678, licensing dental hygienists to perform certain services without the supervision of a dentist (R)
• 685, allowing the medical use of certain illegal drugs (R)

1998

• 688, increasing the state minimum wage from $4.90 to $5.70 and then to $6.50, and afterwards annually adjusting it for inflation (A)
• 692, allowing the medical use of marijuana (A)
• 694, outlawing partial-birth abortion except when necessary to prevent the pregnant woman's death (R)

1999

• 695, lowering motor vehicle excise tax (license tab fees) to $30 per year, requiring voter approval be required for any tax increase, and repealing existing vehicle taxes (A)
• 696, outlawing commercial net, troll, and trawl fishing, except for tribal fisheries (R)

2000

• 713, outlawing certain body-gripping animal traps and the poisoning of animals with sodium fluoroacetate or sodium cyanide (A)
• 722, repealing certain 1999 taxes, exempting vehicles from property taxes, and limiting annual property tax increases to 2% (A)
• 728, reducing class sizes, extending learning programs, expanding teacher training, and constructing school facilities (A)
• 729, authorizing charter schools (R)
• 732, establishing annual cost-of-living salary raises for public school teachers (A)
• 745, earmarking 90% of transportation funds, including transit taxes, for roads, requiring transportation agency performance audits, and exempting road construction and maintenance from sales tax (R)

2001

• 747, limiting annual property tax increases to 1% unless approved by the voters (A)
• 773, imposing additional taxes on cigarettes and wholesale tobacco products, to be spent on expanded health care services for low-income persons (A)
• 775, creating a "home care quality authority" to regulate home care of the elderly and disabled (A)

2002

• 776, setting license tab fees at $30 per year for motor vehicles, and repealing certain other vehicle excise taxes and transportation fees (A)
• 790, placing management of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system, plan 2, in a board of trustees (A)

2003

• 841, repealing existing state ergonomics regulations and prohibiting the adoption of new regulations until a uniform federal standard is required (A)

2004

• 872, enacting a qualifying primary election system whereby the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election regardless of party (A)

• 884, increasing the sales tax by 1% to create an education trust fund (R)

• 892, authorizing "electronic scratch ticket machines" (slot machines) in non-tribal establishments, part of the revenue generated being used to reduce property tax (R)

External links

• Washington State Secretary of State: Elections: Initiatives