California Proposition 28, Prohibition of Vivisection Initiative (1922)
| California Proposition 28 | |
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| Election date November 7, 1922 | |
| Topic Treatment of animals | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 28 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in California on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported making illegal the dissection or torture of any living person or animal for the purpose of experimental, physiological, or pathological investigation, except when it is to provide medical care, and creating the penalties for violations of such law. |
A “no” vote opposed making illegal the dissection or torture of any living person or animal for the purpose of experimental, physiological, or pathological investigation, except when it is to provide medical care, and creating the penalties for violations of such law. |
Election results
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California Proposition 28 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 226,339 | 30.54% | ||
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514,783 | 69.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 28 was as follows:
| “ | Prohibiting Vivisection | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative Act. Prohibiting the vivisection or torture of human beings, animals, or other living creates, for experimental or pathological investigations, or other purposes; authorizes Justice of the Peace to issue warrant tor entry into places where such acts have been, or are about to be, performed, for arrest of persons and seizure of instruments engaged therein; excepts certain acts relating to animal and fowls and surgical operations, or medical aid to, human beings, animals and other living creatures, "to relieve or cure actual injury, deformity or disease; prescribes penalties and repeals conflicting acts. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 8 percent. For initiated statutes filed in 1922, at least 55,094 valid signatures were required.
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