Advisory Vote 36: Nonbinding Question on Telephone Tax to Fund Behavioral Health Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention
Did not pass with 46.1% yes.
- Yes
- 834,818
- 46.1%. The passing rule is not on file.
- No
- 975,602
- 53.9%
Qualified (Done)
On the ballot (Done)
Election day (Done)
Did not pass (Current step)
What a yes vote does
Advise the legislature to maintain a tax on to be collected on every telephone line and prepaid wireless retail transaction as well as VOIP (voice over internet protocol) providers with revenue allocated to behavioral health and suicide prevention services, including national 988 hotline services. The tax was passed in House Bill 1477 (2021).
What moved
How it got on the ballot
An advisory vote. The result does not change the law by itself.
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