Amended IN Senate June 27, 2022 Amended IN Senate June 23, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 3Introduced by Assembly Member Kamlager(Coauthors: Assembly Members Kalra, Wicks, and Lorena Gonzalez)(Coauthors: Senators Bradford, Portantino, and Skinner)December 18, 2020A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 6 of Article I thereof, relating to slavery.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 3, as amended, Kamlager. Slavery.The California Constitution prohibits slavery. The California Constitution also prohibits involuntary servitude except as punishment to a crime. This measure would remove involuntary servitude from these provisions and define slavery to include involuntary servitude and forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion. The measure would clarify that the provisions are not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in corrections settings.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextResolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202122 Regular Session commencing on the seventh day of December 2020, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:First This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the End Slavery in California Act.Second That Section 6 of Article I thereof is amended to read:SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.
Amended IN Senate June 27, 2022 Amended IN Senate June 23, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 3Introduced by Assembly Member Kamlager(Coauthors: Assembly Members Kalra, Wicks, and Lorena Gonzalez)(Coauthors: Senators Bradford, Portantino, and Skinner)December 18, 2020A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 6 of Article I thereof, relating to slavery.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 3, as amended, Kamlager. Slavery.The California Constitution prohibits slavery. The California Constitution also prohibits involuntary servitude except as punishment to a crime. This measure would remove involuntary servitude from these provisions and define slavery to include involuntary servitude and forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion. The measure would clarify that the provisions are not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in corrections settings.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 27, 2022 Amended IN Senate June 23, 2022
Amended IN Senate June 27, 2022
Amended IN Senate June 23, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 3
Introduced by Assembly Member Kamlager(Coauthors: Assembly Members Kalra, Wicks, and Lorena Gonzalez)(Coauthors: Senators Bradford, Portantino, and Skinner)December 18, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Kamlager(Coauthors: Assembly Members Kalra, Wicks, and Lorena Gonzalez)(Coauthors: Senators Bradford, Portantino, and Skinner)
December 18, 2020
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 6 of Article I thereof, relating to slavery.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACA 3, as amended, Kamlager. Slavery.
The California Constitution prohibits slavery. The California Constitution also prohibits involuntary servitude except as punishment to a crime. This measure would remove involuntary servitude from these provisions and define slavery to include involuntary servitude and forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion. The measure would clarify that the provisions are not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in corrections settings.
The California Constitution prohibits slavery. The California Constitution also prohibits involuntary servitude except as punishment to a crime.
This measure would remove involuntary servitude from these provisions and define slavery to include involuntary servitude and forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion. The measure would clarify that the provisions are not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in corrections settings.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202122 Regular Session commencing on the seventh day of December 2020, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:
First This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the End Slavery in California Act.
First This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the End Slavery in California Act.
First This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the End Slavery in California Act.
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Second That Section 6 of Article I thereof is amended to read:SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.
Second That Section 6 of Article I thereof is amended to read:
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SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.
SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.
SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.
SEC. 6. (a) Slavery, in any form, including involuntary servitude, is prohibited.
(b) For purposes of this section, slavery includes forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.
(c) This section is not intended to have any effect on voluntary work programs in correctional settings.