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Utah Senate approves measure to send constitutional removal of slavery language to ballot
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to send First Substitute House Joint Resolution 8 to the ballot, removing language on involuntary servitude from the state constitution while preserving criminal‑justice community‑service programs, passing 26–0 with 3 absent.
The Utah Senate on March 13 approved First Substitute House Joint Resolution 8, sending a proposed constitutional amendment to the ballot that would remove a clause permitting involuntary servitude from the state constitution.
“House Joint Resolution 8 is the one that is going to put a ballot measure on to remove the slavery component that was incorporated in our Utah constitution,”…
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