HLS 22RS-890 State of Louisiana

 HLS 22RS-890                                                                                                           ORIGINAL           


2022 Regular Session 

HOUSE BILL NO.298 

BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN 


CONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT: (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude 



1                                                     A JOINT RESOLUTION 

2 To amend Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the prohibition of 

3 slavery and involuntary servitude; to remove the exception to the prohibition of 

4 involuntary servitude as punishment for crime; to provide for submission of the 

5 proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters. 

6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 

7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members 

8 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of 

9 Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to 

10 amend Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows: 

11 §3. Right to Individual Dignity 

12 Section 3. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No 

13 law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or 

14 affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate 

15 against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political 

16 ideas or affiliations. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the 

17 latter case as punishment for crime. 

18 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted 

19 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 8, 

20 2022. 


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HLS 22RS-890                                                                                                                  ORIGINAL
                                                                                                                                           HB NO. 298 


1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election, 

2 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted 

3 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as 

4 follows: 

5 Do you support an amendment to prohibit the use of involuntary servitude as 

6 punishment for a crime? (Amends Article I, Section 3) 


DIGEST 

The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] 


HB 298 Original                                      2022 Regular Session                                                   Jordan 

Abstract: Removes punishment for crime as an exception to the prohibition of the use of
                 involuntary servitude.

Present constitution provides that slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the case of involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. 

Proposed constitutional amendment removes the exception allowing for the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. 

Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held Nov. 8, 2022. 

(Amends Const. Art. I, §3) 






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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.


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