Utah.

Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 21.

(1) Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within this State. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the otherwise lawful administration of the criminal justice system.

Constitutional Amendment C (H.J.R. 8), November 3, 2020.

The question on the ballot.

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to make the following changes to the Utah Constitution's ban on slavery and involuntary servitude: remove the language that allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime; and clarify that the ban does not affect the otherwise lawful administration of the criminal justice system?

Source: Utah voter information pamphlet, Constitutional Amendment C.

Before and after.

Before the amendment.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within this State.

Read from: Utah voter information pamphlet, Constitutional Amendment C.

As certified.

Source: 2020 General Election Statewide Canvass, Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

The official arguments.

For.

Slavery is not a Utah value. It should not exist in any form, even in our prison system.

Source: Utah voter information pamphlet. Argument in favor by Representative Sandra Hollins and Senator Jacob Anderegg. No argument was submitted against.

After the vote.

The Research Library holds no ruling under this text yet.

Enforcement in full

In Utah.

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The record, to download.

• Voter information pamphlet: ballot title, impartial analysis, argument in favor, full text (PDF)
• 2020 general election canvass, scanned (PDF)
• Utah voter information pamphlet, Constitutional Amendment C, official copy

• The amendment took effect January 1, 2021.