SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 16-006

BY SENATOR(S) Ulibarri, Aguilar, Baumgardner, Carroll, Cooke, Crowder, Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Marble, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott, Sonnenberg, Steadman, Todd, Woods, Cadman; also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Melton and Salazar, Arndt, Becker K., Brown, Buckner, Court, Danielson, Dore, Duran, Esgar, Fields, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Humphrey, Kraft-Tharp, Lebsock, Lee, Lontine, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Nordberg, Pabon, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Roupe, Ryden, Saine, Singer, Tyler, Vigil, Williams, Windholz, Winter, Young, Hullinghorst.

SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE WHEN USED AS PUNISHMENT FOR PERSONS DULY CONVICTED OF A CRIME.

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

SECTION 1. At the election held on November 8, 2016, the Secretary of State shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution:

In the constitution of the state of Colorado, amend section 26 of article II as follows:

Section 26. Slavery prohibited. There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude. except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

SECTION 2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either "Yes/For" or "No/Against" on the following ballot title: "Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the removal of the exception to the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude when used as punishment for persons duly convicted of a crime?"

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the electors voting on the ballot title vote "Yes/For", then the amendment will become part of the state constitution.