FILE - Democratic Assembly members Lori Wilson, of Suisun City, left, talks with state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, of Stockton, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California voters may soon decide whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude in the state constitution under a proposal the state Senate approved Thursday.
FILE - Democratic Assembly members Lori Wilson, of Suisun City, left, talks with state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, of Stockton, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California voters may soon decide whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude in the state constitution under a proposal the state Senate approved Thursday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥 California voters will decide in November whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution under a proposal the state Legislature approved Thursday.
In California and many other states, the state constitution bans involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime. The proposed amendment would change the constitution to say that 鈥渟lavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited.鈥 Proponents of the measure want the state to in which people who are incarcerated are often paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, clean prison cells and do yardwork at cemeteries.
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