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A constitutional amendment allowing public employees to join unions Passed 132,968 (67.96%) 62,692 (32.04%) Amendment 21 A constitutional amendment to create a code of ethics for all public employees Passed 153,949 (78.74%) 41,566 (21.26%) Amendment 22 A constitutional amendment to allow for future constitutional conventions Passed 153,599 (78.56%)
A veto referendum to repeal a law which increased the salary and retirement benefits for certain government employees [21] Passed [32] 41,736 (80.14%) 10,341 (19.86%) Capital Site Selection A referendum selecting a new location for the state capital, with three listed options: Larson Lake, Mount Yenlo, and Willow: Passed [33] 56,219 (53.26%) [a]
The law also stipulates requirements like employer-sponsored meals and transportation of the employees as well as restrictions on deducting from the workers' wages. [ 55 ] H-2B Non-agricultural Workers should receive a payment in accordance with the prevailing wage (mean wage paid to a worker employed in a similar occupation in the concerned ...
In 2024, HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act—repealing the WEP—passed both houses of Congress, and was signed by President Joe Biden on January 5, 2025. [ 11 ] According to the Congressional Research Service, approximately 2.1 million people were affected by the WEP as of December 2023.
A constitutional amendment relating to the salaries of state government officials Failed 36,109 (34.38%) 68,912 (65.62%) Proposal 3 A constitutional amendment relating to equal suffrage for African-Americans Passed 54,105 (51.67%) 50,598 (48.33%) Proposal 4 A constitutional amendment relating to railroad rates: Passed 78,602 (60.46%) 51,397 (39 ...
The first law requiring truth in sentencing in the United States was passed by Washington State in 1984. In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act created the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing program, which awarded grants to states so long as they passed laws requiring that offenders convicted of Part 1 violent crimes must serve at least 85% of the ...
Despite passing with 65% of the vote, state officials were slow to implement the updated guidelines, preventing many newly eligible voters from voting for several years. [14] In 2022, Amendment 4 was reintroduced to the public eye after Governor Ron DeSantis announced the prosecution of twenty former felons who had been misled into thinking ...
By 75% of Democrats, 27% of Independents and 14% of Republicans favored the law. 82% favored banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, 61% favored allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26, 72% supported requiring companies with more than 50 employees to provide insurance ...