Nevada.

Nevada Constitution, Article 1, Section 17.

Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever be tolerated in this State.

Question 4 (Assembly Joint Resolution 10 of the 81st Session), November 5, 2024.

The question on the ballot.

Shall the Ordinance of the Nevada Constitution and the Nevada Constitution be amended to remove language authorizing the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment?

Source: Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, issued by the Nevada Secretary of State.

Before and after.

Before the amendment.

Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude unless for the punishment of crimes shall ever be tolerated in this State.

Read from: Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, issued by the Nevada Secretary of State.

The official arguments.

For.

Slavery and involuntary servitude are morally unacceptable and should not exist in any form, even in our prison system.

Against.

Removing the language may create legal uncertainty in the State around current offender work practices.

Source: Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, arguments for and against passage. One sentence quoted from each.

After the vote.

The Research Library holds no ruling under this text yet.

Enforcement in full

In Nevada.

• AJR 10, Question 4 (2024), legislative record

The record, to download.

• Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, Secretary of State: question, explanation, arguments, fiscal note, full text. Question 4 begins at page 30 (PDF)
• Assembly Joint Resolution 10 and the draft ballot materials (PDF)
• Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, issued by the Nevada Secretary of State, official copy

• The question also amended the Ordinance of the Nevada Constitution, which carried the same exception.
• The Secretary of State's guide was downloaded from a county government's copy. The Secretary of State's own site was not reachable.
• The certified results have not yet been gathered from an official copy.