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California People’s Government Amendment (2016)

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California People’s Government Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2016
Topic
Constitutional language
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The California People’s Government Amendment (Senate Constitutional Amendment 2) was not put on the June 7, 2016, or November 8, 2016 ballot in California as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.[1]

The measure, upon voter approval, would have made "technical, nonsubstantive changes" to Section 1 of Article II of the California Constitution. The proposed amendments provided "that all political power is inherent in the people and that government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit" and "that the people have the right to alter or reform government when the public good may require."

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article II, California Constitution

The proposed amendment was designed to amend Section 1 of Article II of the California Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and the underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]

SECTION 1. All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their the people’s protection, security, and benefit, and they benefit. The People have the right to alter or reform it government when the public good may require.[2]

Support

The amendment was sponsored in the legislature by Sen. Bob Huff (R-29).[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

A two-thirds vote was required in both chambers of the California Legislature to place the amendment on the ballot.

The timeline for Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 is as follows:[1]

  • January 29, 2015: Introduced into the California Senate
  • February 19, 2015: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • July 14, 2015: Hearing and testimony taken
  • As of July 2016, there was no action on this bill by the legislature in 2016.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 California Legislature, "Senate Constitutional Amendment 2," accessed March 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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