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Quiz: State Legislature Headlines of 2023

January 10, 2024

What vote in Ohio made national news? Is anyone trying to make housing less expensive? Take the quiz to test your knowledge.

Through a citizen-sponsored ballot initiative this past November, known as Issue 1, 56.6% of Ohio voters chose to:*
- Lower the state income tax
- Enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution.
- Pass a new education funding bill
- Expand Medicaid
Which state legislature expelled two of its members after they joined a gun control protest?*
- California
- Nevada
- Tennessee
- Texas
Michigan passed a set of bipartisan bills aimed at improving its juvenile justice system. What did these bills not do?*
- Personalize the process of placing a minor in a diversion program
- Eliminate late fees and penalties a minor owes to the court
- Provide basic income to youth aging out of foster care
- Limit how long a minor can be held in a treatment program, if they have a diversion agreement
The Washington State legislature banned the sale of these in 2023.*
- Semi-automatic rifles
- Banned books
- International crops
- Deepfakes
What state passed a whopping 56 bills to create more housing and make it more affordable?*
- Oregon
- Florida
- New York
- California
To prohibit transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, the Kansas state legislature did what?*
- Overrode the governor’s veto
- Passed legislation that the governor signed
- Put the measure on the ballot for the public to vote
- Recommended the governor pass through executive order
New York State raised the minimum wage, with high-cost parts of the state getting an even bigger boost. As of January 2024, what’s the minimum hourly wage in New York City?*
- $15.00
- $16.00
- $17.00
- $17.50
This state passed legislation to protect school and public libraries from pressure to ban or restrict access to books based on partisan or doctrinal beliefs.*
- Massachusetts
- Illinois
- Georgia
- Delaware

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