California Proposition 6

Proposition 6

This amendment proposed by Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 of the 2023–2024 Regular Session (Resolution Chapter 133, Statutes of 2024) expressly amends the California Constitution by amending a section thereof; therefore, existing provisions proposed to be deleted are printed in strikeout type and new provisions proposed to be added are printed in italic type to indicate that they are new.

Proposed Amendment to Article I

That Section 6 of Article I thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 6. (a) Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime. and involuntary servitude are prohibited.

(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not discipline any incarcerated person for refusing a work assignment.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from awarding credits to an incarcerated person who voluntarily accepts a work assignment.

(d) Amendments made to this section by the measure adding this subdivision shall become operative on January 1, 2025.