&gt; That would mean the vast majority of initiatives would be statutes, which could in principle be subsequently amended or overridden by the legislature.<p>No, they couldn&#x27;t. The power of the legislature to legislate is a delegated power from the citizenry, and, based on that principle, initiative statutes cannot be repealed or modified by the legislature (the legislature can send a measure to the voters amending them), unless the initiative statue itself <i>expressly</i> waives this protection.