Marriage and family on the ballot

Marriage and family on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding marriage, including same-sex marriage, domestic partnerships, divorce, adoption, child custody, and alimony.

History of same-sex marriage ballot measures

See also: History of same-sex marriage ballot measures

Between 1998 and 2012, voters in 30 states approved ballot measures that defined marriage as between one male and one female or otherwise prohibited same-sex marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated bans on same-sex marriage in the case Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.

• 1998: Alaska
• 2000: Nebraska
• 2002: Nevada
• 2004: Arkansas
• 2004: Georgia
• 2004: Kentucky
• 2004: Louisiana
• 2004: Michigan
• 2004: Mississippi
• 2004: Missouri
• 2004: Montana
• 2004: North Dakota
• 2004: Ohio
• 2004: Oklahoma
• 2004: Oregon
• 2004: Utah
• 2005: Kansas
• 2005: Texas
• 2006: Alabama
• 2006: Colorado
• 2006: Idaho
• 2006: South Carolina
• 2006: South Dakota
• 2006: Tennessee
• 2006: Virginia
• 2006: Wisconsin
• 2008: Arizona
• 2008: California
• 2008: Florida
• 2012: North Carolina

In 2020, Nevada became the first state to repeal its same-sex marriage ban from its constitution. The following table provides a list of measures to repeal same-sex marriage bans from states' constitutions in 2024:

State	Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CA	LRCA	Proposition 3	Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry	a	9,477,435 (63%)	5,658,187 (37%)
CO	LRCA	Amendment J	Remove the provision of the state constitution that says "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state"	a	1,982,200 (64%)	1,099,228 (36%)
HI	LRCA	Remove Legislature Authority to Limit Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment	Remove provision of the constitution saying that "the legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples"	a	268,038 (56%)	211,142 (44%)

Map

The following map shows which states have constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage, along with states that have repealed such bans.