---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "The California Constitution prohibits slavery and prohibits involuntary servitude, except as punishment to a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "ACA 8"
citation: "California ACA 8 (20232024)"
classification: ["constitutional amendment"]
subjects: ["Slavery"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2024-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c90b57-57fc-44b6-bd61-458b91c4d866"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8"
source_hash: "5ed91ee7b7d248fe01892e24ae963f8e2f5022be14022ee5bb74d0cff0dbfc02"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California ACA 8 (20232024) — 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.

The California Constitution prohibits slavery and prohibits involuntary servitude, except as punishment to a crime.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA899INT)
2. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA898AMD)
3. **06/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA897AMD)
4. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA896AMD)
5. **06/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA894CHP)
6. **ACA8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8)
7. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8&version=20230ACA895ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading ACA8 Wilson et al. By Bradford — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- ACA 8 WILSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted and re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- ACA 8 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **68–4** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Adopted. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 3439.) `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Amend, and be adopted as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4666.)
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Be adopted. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** Read third time. Adopted. (Ayes 33. Noes 3.) `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2024-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6083.)
- **2024-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6083.)
- **2024-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 6087.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
- **2024-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c90b57-57fc-44b6-bd61-458b91c4d866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).