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Removed the exception, 2022

Oregon.

Measure 112 (Senate Joint Resolution 10), November 8, 2022. Oregon is in the enforcement phase.

Documents gathered and read September 28, 2026. Tracker entry · Where we stand

The constitution today Source text

Oregon Constitution, Article I, Section 34.

(1) There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state. (2) Upon conviction of a crime, an Oregon court or a probation or parole agency may order the convicted person to engage in education, counseling, treatment, community service or other alternatives to incarceration, as part of sentencing for the crime, in accordance with programs that have been in place historically or that may be developed in the future, to provide accountability, reformation, protection of society or rehabilitation.
The measure Source text

Measure 112 (Senate Joint Resolution 10), November 8, 2022.

Source: Enrolled Senate Joint Resolution 10, 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly.

What changed in the text Source text

Before and after.

Before the amendment.

There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the State, otherwise than as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

Read from: Enrolled Senate Joint Resolution 10, 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly.

Enforcement

After the vote.

The Research Library holds no ruling under this text yet.

Enforcement in full

Who is organized

In Oregon.

Documents

The record, to download.

Stated plainly
  • The ballot title and the arguments printed in the voters' pamphlet have not yet been gathered. The Secretary of State's pamphlet links did not return the file.
  • The certified results have not yet been gathered from an official copy.

Cite this page. Abolish Slavery National Network, “Oregon: The Punishment Exception, Removed,” https://abolishslavery.us/state-or.html.

You do not amend slavery. You abolish it.

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