Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 37. Amends Constitution, Article X, section 7. Declares Legislature may provide for establishment, government and superintendence of all institutions for persons convicted of felonies, and for that purpose may delegate the government and superintendence of such institutions to any public governmental agency, officer or board; and may provide for punishment, treatment and custody of females differently from men similarly convicted. Until Legislature otherwise provides declares effective existing statutes and constitutional provisions purporting to cover such matters.

Proposition Number

3

Year

1940

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 994101; A: 50.1; N: 991722; B: 49.9

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. X, section 7.

For Author

John Phillips, Senator, Thirty-seventh District.

Against Author

A. R. O'Brien, Ukiah.; T. N. Harvey, Bakersfield.; John D. McGilvray, San Francisco.; Edward L. Abbott, Santa Barbara.

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