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Remove Slavery Exception

Utah Ballot Measure - Amendment C

Election: Nov. 3, 2020 (General)

Outcome: Passed

Categories:

Criminal Justice

Arguments For

Summary

This Joint Resolution of the Legislature Proposes to Amend the Utah Constitution to Modify a Provision Prohibiting Slavery and Involuntary Servitude.

Highlighted Provisions:

This Resolution Proposes to Amend the Utah Constitution to:

> Eliminate an Exception to the Prohibition Against Slavery and Involuntary Servitude; and
> Provide a Limit on the Application of the Prohibition

Measure Text

Section 1. It is Proposed to Amend Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 21, to Read: Article I, Section 21. [Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Forbidden Limitation.]

(1) Neither Slavery Nor Involuntary Servitude[, Except as a Punishment for Crime, Whereof the Party Shall Have Been Duly Convicted,] Shall Exist Within This State.

(2) Subsection (1) Does Not Apply to the Otherwise Lawful Administration of the Criminal Justice System.

*Note: Words in [brackets] indicate proposed deletion of text.

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