Bill Summary for H 822 (2023-2024)

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Bill: CONST. AMEND. - INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE.

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Apr 21 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 822 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 18, 2023
AN ACT TO MAKE ABSOLUTE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE IN THE STATE.
Intro. by Buansi, T. Brown, Charles Smith.

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Subject to approval of voters at the first primary election held in 2024, amends Section 17 of Article I of the NC Constitution, declaring that involuntary servitude is forever prohibited. Specifies that Section 17 does not prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate was duly convicted of a crime. Sets out the ballot language.