2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50

none February 2026 April 2012 Measure 50 Amends Constitution: Dedicates funds to provide health care for children, fund tobacco prevention, through increased tobacco tax. Oregon 472,063 686,470 4,677 60.02 2007 Oregon Measure 50 results by county.svg County results For #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Against #5D5D2D 80–90% 1px #AAAAAA solid #8B8B54 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #BCBC83 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid county Source: Oregon Secretary of State Bradbury Bill Bill Bradbury Official Results – November 6, 2007 Special Election Elections Division Oregon Secretary of State November 6, 2007 http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873595 Website December 27, 2008 August 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190822162842/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873595 live Ballot Measure 50 was a legislatively referred state statute ballot measure for the November 6, 2007 special election ballot in the state of Oregon. This measure would have increased the tobacco tax and dedicated the new revenue to providing health care for children, low-income adults and other medically underserved Oregonians, and to fund tobacco prevention and education programs. The proposal would have increased the tax on cigarettes by 84.5 cents per pack, and increased the tax on other tobacco products. Bradbury Bill Bill Bradbury Measure 50 Voters' Pamphlet for November 6, 2007 Special Election Oregon Secretary of State November 6, 2007 http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873597 Website December 27, 2008 August 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190822170954/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873597 live The purpose of the fund would have been to finance the Healthy Kids Program created by the 2007 legislature to provide affordable health care for uninsured children. The measure would have funded tobacco prevention programs, safety net clinics, rural health care and health care for Oregon’s lowest income families and individuals through the Oregon Health Plan. The campaigns for and against the measure spent the most money ever on a ballot measure election in the state's history.http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/only_a_few_ballot_initiatives.html Only a few ballot initiatives look to qualify for Oregon ballot this November Mapes Jeff April 3, 2010 The Oregonian April 4, 2010 April 5, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405082304/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/only_a_few_ballot_initiatives.html live Because the measure did not pass, these health care programs were not expanded, and the Healthy Kids Program did not become law. See also Blanket primary 2007 Oregon's statewide elections List of Oregon ballot measures Notes External links Voters' Pamphlet https://web.archive.org/web/20190822170954/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873597 August 22, 2019 from the Oregon Secretary of State Category:2007 Oregon ballot measures Category:Tobacco taxation Category:Smoking in the United States Category:Rejected amendments to the Constitution of Oregon Category:Healthcare reform in Oregon Category:Health in Oregon Category:Healthcare ballot measures in the United States