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Legislative action that proposed this amendment: HJR8 2019 General Session
Disposition: This amendment took effect following voter ratification. You may read the resulting 2021 Utah Constitution here.
Amends Article I section 21.
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(1) Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within this State.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the otherwise lawful administration of the criminal justice system.
