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California Proposition 6, Privity of Legislative Sessions Amendment (June 1974)

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California Proposition 6

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Election date

June 4, 1974

Topic
State legislatures measures
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


California Proposition 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on June 4, 1974. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing that all meetings of the legislature are public unless provided by statute or resolution.

A “no” vote opposed establishing that all meetings of the legislature are public unless provided by statute or resolution.


Election results

California Proposition 6

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

3,318,433 78.97%
No 883,600 21.03%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

“Public Legislative Proceedings”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“ LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Specifies that the proceedings of each house of the Legislature and the committees thereof shall be public except as provided by statute or concurrent resolution, where such resolution is adopted by a two -thirds vote of the members of each house. In the event of a conflict between such a statute and a concurrent resolution, the last adopted shall prevail. Financial Impact: This measure involves no significant cost or revenue considerations.”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1974 Measures

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