California Proposition 13, Constitutional Amendments That Name Companies Amendment (1964)

California Proposition 13
	Election date; November 3, 1964
	Topic; Constitutional language
	Status; Approved
Type; Constitutional amendment	Origin; State legislature

California Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 3, 1964. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported this amendment to prohibit any constitutional amendment that names a specific company to perform a specific duty and declare that any submitted amendment that does such is invalid.

A “no” vote opposed this amendment to prohibit any constitutional amendment that names a specific company to perform a specific duty and declare that any submitted amendment that does such is invalid.

Election results[edit]

California Proposition 13
Result	Votes	Percentage
Yes	3,964,185	69.09%
No	1,773,180	30.91%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:

“

Constitutional Amendments: Naming Corporations. Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 12.

”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

Prohibits submission of constitutional amendments, whether proposed by initiative or Legislature, which name private corporations to perform any function or have any power or duty. Declares that any such amendment submitted to or approved by the electorate at the 1964 general election or thereafter shall not go into effect.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the California Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

External links[edit]

California Voter Guide (November 1964)

Footnotes[edit]

California Proposition 13

Election date November 3, 1964
Topic Constitutional language
Status a Approved
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

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