CALIFORNIA — Four new ballot measures were certified for the California ballot over the two weeks preceding July 7, 2026. During the same period, seven ballot measures were removed from ballots in California and North Dakota.

The four new California measures include the Budget Stabilization Account Cap Increase and Gann Limit Changes Amendment, which proposes to raise the Budget Stabilization Account cap from 10% to 20% of general fund revenue and exclude those deposits from the state's spending limit. Another measure, the Prohibit New Taxes on Retirement Holdings, Personal Assets, and Savings and Limit Retroactive Taxes Initiative, seeks to prohibit new taxes enacted after January 1, 2026, on retirement holdings, individually owned assets, or other personal savings, and would ban retroactive taxes based on conduct or activities occurring before the tax's effective date.

The Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Special Tax Initiatives and Property Tax Initiative Prohibition Amendment would require a two-thirds vote by the electorate for local special tax initiatives to be enacted, extended, or increased, and would prohibit the enactment of property taxes through the initiative process. The Veteran and Income-Qualified Housing Bond Measure would authorize the state to issue $11.25 billion in bonds to fund income-qualified housing programs, including the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.

Six ballot measures were withdrawn from the California ballot after compromises were reached. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association agreed to withdraw its Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Special Taxes Initiative in exchange for the Legislature withdrawing the Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment. The California Legislature subsequently referred a compromise constitutional amendment to the ballot that mirrors elements of these withdrawn initiatives, requiring a two-thirds vote for local special taxes proposed through initiatives and prohibiting initiatives from enacting property taxes.

SEIU-UHW West and the California Association of Hospitals also reached an agreement, leading to the withdrawal of their sponsored ballot initiatives. The SEIU-UHW West initiative would have established a compensation limit for executives and managers of private hospitals. The California Association of Hospitals' initiative would have required healthcare unions to disclose political spending to members and obtain two-thirds membership quorum approval for spending on state or local ballot measures.

In another agreement, Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California each withdrew their sponsored ballot initiatives. Uber's initiative would have limited attorney and medical costs in car accident cases and required victims to receive at least 75% of recovered damages. The Consumer Attorneys of California's initiative would have classified rideshare companies as common carriers, required annual fingerprint background checks for drivers, and mandated monthly reporting of sexual assault and misconduct incidents.

On June 25, 2026, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Constitutional Measure 1, Changes to State Legislative Term Limits Amendment, was unconstitutional, stating that the legislature is prohibited from proposing changes to term limits under Measure 1 of 2022.

Signatures have been submitted for 18 citizen-initiated measures in 10 states and are pending verification. The most recent signature deadline for ballot initiatives was July 6, 2026, in Michigan and North Dakota, with no additional campaigns submitting signatures by that date. Two Michigan initiatives and one North Dakota initiative, whose signatures were submitted earlier in 2026, are pending verification or have already been certified. The next signature deadline for ballot initiatives is August 3, 2026, in Colorado.