CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10Introduced by Senator HurtadoApril 01, 2024 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 33 to Article I thereof, relating to the right to food. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCA 10, as introduced, Hurtado. Right to food.The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.This measure would declare that the fundamental human right to healthy food access exists in this state. The measure would declare that it is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextResolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, 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: That Section 33 is added to Article I thereof, to read:SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10Introduced by Senator HurtadoApril 01, 2024 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 33 to Article I thereof, relating to the right to food. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCA 10, as introduced, Hurtado. Right to food.The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.This measure would declare that the fundamental human right to healthy food access exists in this state. The measure would declare that it is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 10
Introduced by Senator HurtadoApril 01, 2024
Introduced by Senator Hurtado
April 01, 2024
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 33 to Article I thereof, relating to the right to food.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCA 10, as introduced, Hurtado. Right to food.
The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.This measure would declare that the fundamental human right to healthy food access exists in this state. The measure would declare that it is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.
This measure would declare that the fundamental human right to healthy food access exists in this state. The measure would declare that it is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, 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:
That Section 33 is added to Article I thereof, to read:SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
That Section 33 is added to Article I thereof, to read:
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SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.
SEC. 33. The State hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to healthy food access for everyone in this state. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right.