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California Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2022)

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California Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Constitutional language
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The California Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment was not on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The ballot measure would have removed the exception for involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime, thereby prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances.[1]

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article IX, California Constitution

The measure would have amended Section 6 of Article I of the California Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and underlined text would have been added:[1]

SEC. 6. Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime. and involuntary servitude are prohibited.[2]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

In California, a two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced on December 18, 2020, as Assembly Constitutional Amendment 3 (ACA 3). On March 21, 2022, the California State Assembly passed ACA 3 in a unanimous vote of 59-0 with 17 assembly members absent. The amendment did not pass before the June 30, 2022, deadline.[1]

Vote in the California State Assembly
March 21, 2022
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
YesNoNot voting
Total59017
Total percent77.63%0.00%22.37%
Democrat5402
Republican4015
Independent100

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 California State Legislature, "ACA 3," accessed Marc 23, 2022
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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