Michigan Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment (1920)

Michigan Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment
Election date November 2, 1920
Topic Gender-based labor regulations and State legislative authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on November 2, 1920. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing the legislature to create regulations on the hours and conditions for employment.

A “no” vote opposed allowing the legislature to create regulations on the hours and conditions for employment.

Election results

Michigan Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		420,085	50.40%
No		413,362	49.60%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment was as follows:

“

VOTE ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Relative to empowering the Legislature to enact laws relative to the hours and conditions under which men may be employed.     Amendment to Section 29 of Article V of the Constitution giving the Legislature the power to enact laws relative to the hours and conditions under which men may be employed.     SECTION 29. The Legislature shall have power to enact laws relative to the hours and conditions under which men, women and children may be employed. YES NO

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Michigan State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 74 votes in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Michigan State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1920 Measures

• 1920 Measures
• Working hours regulations on the ballot
• State legislative authority on the ballot
• Gender-based labor regulations on the ballot
• 1920 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• University of Michigan Press, "The Initiative and Referendum in Michigan," 1940