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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	ACA 8	California ACA 8 (20232024)	constitutional amendment	Slavery	enacted	Wilson	7	27	8	2023-02-17	2024-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/99c90b57-57fc-44b6-bd61-458b91c4d866	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACA8	5ed91ee7b7d248fe01892e24ae963f8e2f5022be14022ee5bb74d0cff0dbfc02	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 06/12/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. ACA8 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/27/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/99c90b57-57fc-44b6-bd61-458b91c4d866. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).