Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime
Sponsor: Legislature (ACA 8, 2024 session)
Fiscal impact
Potential change in state and local criminal justice costs likely not exceeding tens of millions of dollars annually.
Official ballot summary
Amends the California Constitution to prohibit forcing prison inmates to work as punishment for a crime; makes prison work voluntary and allows sentence-reduction credits as incentive.
Who's behind this measure?
Public positions and campaign money—not a recommendation for how to vote.
Supporting groups and campaigns
- Yes on Prop 6, End Slavery in California (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- California Labor Federation (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- Abolish Slavery National Network (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
More groups (5)
- ACLU of California (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- ACLU of Southern California (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- Anti-Recidivism Coalition (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- California Legislative Black Caucus (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- League of Women Voters of California (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
- Yes on Prop 6, End Slavery in California
- Raised
- $709,694.74
- Spent
- $576,085.30
Snapshot retrieved Nov 7, 2026 · USDReports through Oct 19, 2024Donors & reporting details · Yes on Prop 6, End Slavery in California
Totals as compiled by Ballotpedia for reports covering through 2024-10-19; cash contributions $607,659.49, in-kind contributions $102,035.25, cash expenditures $474,050.05. Ballotpedia cites Cal-Access — Proposition 6 (https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1471645&session=2023&view=electronic).
Reported donors are included in receipts, not additional money. This is not a complete donor list. Contributions do not establish influence over an outcome.
- Yes on Proposition 6, Ending Modern Day Slavery
- Raised
- $675,680.25
- Spent
- $674,928.79
Snapshot retrieved Nov 7, 2026 · USDReports through Oct 19, 2024Donors & reporting details · Yes on Proposition 6, Ending Modern Day Slavery
Totals as compiled by Ballotpedia for reports covering through 2024-10-19; cash contributions $674,071.00, in-kind contributions $1,609.25, cash expenditures $673,319.54. Ballotpedia cites Cal-Access — Proposition 6 (https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1471645&session=2023&view=electronic).
Reported donors are included in receipts, not additional money. This is not a complete donor list. Contributions do not establish influence over an outcome.
Reported across this side’s campaigns; not assigned to an individual committee. See source for the reporting window.
More donors to this side
- The Heising-Simons Action Fund (opens in a new tab) · $200,000.00Secondary reporting
- Patty Quillin (opens in a new tab) · $125,000.00Secondary reporting
- Anti-Recidivism Coalition (opens in a new tab) · $112,500.00Secondary reporting
- California Teachers Association Issues PAC (opens in a new tab) · $100,000.00Secondary reporting
Reported donors are part of receipts, not additional money. This is not a complete donor list.
Opposing groups and campaigns
- Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (opens in a new tab)Secondary reporting
Committee totals have not been collected. This does not mean $0.
Dated snapshots, not live totals. Missing amounts are not zero. Committees are shown separately.
About sources & coverage
Group positions come from the linked sources. Secondary reporting and first-party statements are distinct from official filings. Committee-wide totals may fund other measures; they are not allocations to this measure. Donor amounts are already part of receipts; neither donors nor overlapping snapshots are added together.
Groups as listed by Ballotpedia (secondary reporting), retrieved 2026-11-07: campaigns, parties, unions and organizations; elected officials and candidates omitted.
Figures compiled by Ballotpedia (secondary reporting) from Cal-Access — Proposition 6 for reports covering through 2024-10-19; retrieved 2026-11-07. Donor lists are the top donors to all committees on that side; they are not allocated to individual committees.
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