Inventory of the Constitutional Revision Commission Records, 1964-1972
Inventory of the Constitutional Revision Commission Records, 1964-1972
Inventory: F3675:1-474
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- Table I: Transcripts of Meetings
- Table II: Minutes of Meetings
- Table III: Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings
- Table IV: Minutes of Article Committee Meetings
1. MEETING FILES
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Table I: Constitutional Revision Commission, Transcripts of Meetings
1964
Feb. 20-21
April 7-8 (missing)
June 4-5
July 31 (CRC and Jt. Comm. on Legislative Organization)
Sept. 17-18
Nov. 5-7 (CRC and Jt. Comm. on Legislative Organization)
Dec. 11-12
1965
Feb. 4-5
March 4-6
April 1-2
May 7
June 3-4 (missing)
July 28-29 (missing)
Oct. 14-15 (missing)
Nov. 14-15 Sept. 10
Dec. 2-3
Dec. 16 (possibly note transcribed)
1966
Jan. 6
Feb. 21 (untranscribed tape)
July 14-15
Sept. 15-(16)
Oct. 20-(21)
Dec. 1-(2)
1967
Jan. 12-13
Feb. 16-17
March 30-(31)
June 8-9
July 13-14
Aug. 24-25
Sept. 14-15
Oct. 12-13
Nov. 16-17
Dec. 7-8
1968
May 24
June 27
Aug. 1-(2)
Sept. 5-(6)
Oct. 24-25
Nov. 21-(22)
1969
Jan. 9-10
Feb. 13-14
March 27-28
May 1-2
June 5-6
July 23-25
Aug. 20-22
Sept. 24-26
Oct. 22-24
Nov. 19-21
Dec. 10-12
1970
Jan. 15-16
Feb. 18-20
March 18-20
April 16-17
May 14-15
June 4-5
July 23-24
Aug. 27-28
Oct. 8-9
Dec. 3
1972
Dec. 7
Table II: Minutes of Commission Meetings
1964
Feb. 20-21 (includes minutes of Committee on Restrictive Legislation and Crimes of The Citizens Commission on Constitutional Revision)
March 5 (minutes of Joint Committee on Legislative Organization meeting)
April 7-8
June 4-5
July 30-31
Sept. 16-18
Nov. 5-7
Dec. 10-12
1965
Feb. 4-5
March 4-6
April 1-2
May 7
June 3-4
July 28-29
Oct. 14-15
Nov. 18-19
Dec. 15-16
1966
Jan 6-7
July 14-15
Sept. 15-16
Oct. 20-21
Dec. 1-2
1967
Jan. 12-13
Feb. 16-17
March 30-31
June 8-9
July 13-14
Aug. 24-25
Sept. 14-15
Oct. 12-13
Nov. 16-17
Dec. 7-8
1968
May 24
June 27-28
Aug. 1-2
Sept. 5-6
Oct. 24-25
Nov. 21-22
1969
Jan. 9-10
Feb. 13-14
March 27-28
May 1-2
June 5-6
July 23-25
Aug. 20-22
Sept. 24-26
Oct. 22-24
Nov. 19-21
Dec. 11
1970
Jan. 15
Feb. 19-20
March 18-20
April 15 (Special Committee)
April 16-17
May 14-15
June 4-5
July 23-24
Aug. 27-28
Oct. 8-9
Dec. 3
Table III: Minutes Of Executive Committee
1964
June 3
July 30
Sept. 16-18
Nov. 5-7
Dec. 10-12
1965
Jan. 7
Nov. 17-18
1966
Feb. 11
July 9, 14-15
Sept. 15
Dec. 1
Table IV: Article Committee Minutes
Article I
Aug. 27, 1969
Oct. 22-24, 1969
Nov. 21, 1969
Dec. 10-12, 1969
Jan. 16, 1970
March 20, 1970
April 16, 1970
May 14-15, 1970
June 4-5, 1970
Article II
June 27-28, 1968
Aug. 1-2, 1968
Sept. 5-6, 1968
Oct. 23-24, 1968
Article III
May 6, 1965
Article IV
June 4-5, 1964
July 30
Sept. 18, 1964
Nov. 5-6, 1964
Dec. 10-12, 1964
Article V
May 6, 1965
Article VI
July 30, 1964
Sept. 18, 1964
Oct. 17, 1964
Nov. 5-6, 1964
Dec. 10, 1964
Feb. 12, 1965
March 4, 1965
April 22, 1965
May 6, 1965
July 9, 1965
Sept. 3, 1965
Oct. 29-30, 1965
Article IX
Oct. 20-21, 1966
Dec. 1-2, 1966
Jan. 12-13, 1967
Feb. 16-17, 1967
March 30-31, 1967
May 4-5, 1967
June 26, 1967
Sept. 5-6, 1968
Oct. 23-25, 1968
Nov. 21-22, 1968
Jan. 9-10, 1969
Feb. 13-14, 1969
March 26-28, 1969
April 30-May 2, 1969
June 4-6, 1969
July, August 4, 1969 (July 23)
Aug. 20, 1969
Sept. 24-26, 1969
April 15, 1970
Article X
July 15, 1966
Article XI
Oct. 20-21, 1966
Dec. 1-2, 1966
Jan. 12-13, 1967
Feb. 16-17, 1967
March 30-31, 1967
May 4-5, 16, 1967
June 8-9, 1967
July 12, 14, 27, 1967
Aug. 24-25, 1967
Sept. 14-15, 1967
Oct. 12, 31, 1967
Article XII
Oct. 20-21, 1966
Dec. 1-2, 1966
Jan. 12-13, 1967
Feb. 16-17, 1967
March 30-31, 1967
May 4-5, 1967
July 13-14, 1967 (missing)
Aug. 2, 24-25, 1967
Oct. 31, 1967
Article XIII
Aug. 20-22, 1967 (missing)
July 25, 1969
Aug. 20 & 22, 1969
Sept. 24 & 26, 1969
Oct. 22 & 24, 1969
Nov. 19 & 21, 1969
Dec. 10-12, 1969
Jan. 8 & 16, 1970
Feb. 18, 1970
March 18-20, 1970
April 15, 1970
May 14-15, 1970
June 12, 1970
July 13 & 22, 1970
Article XIV
June 27-28, 1968
Aug. 1-2, 1968
Sept. 5-6, 1968
Oct. 23, 1968
Article XV
Sept. 5-6, 1968
Oct. 23-25, 1968
Nov. 21-22, 1968
Jan. 9-10, 1969
Feb. 13-14, 1969
March 27-28, 1969
Article XVI
July 25, 1969
Aug. 22, 1969
Sept. 26, 1969
Oct. 22-24, 1969
Nov. 19-21, 1969
Dec. 10-12, 1969
Feb. 18, 1970
March 20, 1970
April 14, 1970
May 14, 1970
June 5 & 17, 1970
July 15, 1970
Article XVII
July 14, 1966
Sept. 15, 1966
Article XVIII
Oct. 15, 1965 (missing)
July 14-15, 1966
Sept. 15, 1966
Oct. 20-21, 1966
Article XX (A+B)
Sept. 5-6, 1968 (A+B)
Oct. 23-25, 1968(A+B)
Nov. 22, 1968 (A+B)
Jan. 9-10, 1969 (A+B)
Feb. 13-14, 1969 (A+B)
March 27-28, 1969 (A)
May 1-2, 1969 (A+B)
March 9, 1970 (A)
Article XXII
Sept. 5-6, 1968
March 20, 1970 (missing)
May 14, 1970 (missing)
Article XXIII
June 27, 1968 (missing)
Aug. 1-2, 1968
Sept. 5-6, 1968
Oct. 23-25, 1968
Dec. 11, 1968
June 27-28, 1969 (missing)
Article XXIV
June 27-28, 1964 (missing)
July 30, 1964
Sept. 18, 1964
Nov. 5-6, 1964
Dec. 10, 1964 (missing)
March 4, 1965
Article XXVI
July 25, 1969
Aug. 22, 1969
Sept. 26, 1969
Oct. 22-24, 1969
Nov. 19-21, 1969
Dec. 10-12, 1969
Article XXXIV
June 27, 1968
Aug. 1-2, 1968
Sept. 5-6, 1968
2. ARTICLE COMMITTEE FILES
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- Background materials
- Background studies and supplements
- Correspondence
- Drafts
- Drafting Committee
- Legislation (see also Legislative Files)
- Memorandum
- Miscellaneous
- Reports
- Working papers
Miscellaneous
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Article I Committee (Declaration of Rights)
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Article II Committee (Elections and Suffrage)
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Article III Committee (Separation of Powers)
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Article IV Committee (Legislature)
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Article V Committee (Executive Powers)
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Article VI Committee (Judicial Articles)
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Articles VII-VIII: No committees established.
Article IX Committee (Higher Education)
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Article X Committee (State Institutions and Public Buildings)
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Article XI Committee (Local Government)
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Article XII Committee (Corporations and Public Utilities)
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Article XIII Committee (Revenue and Taxation)
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Article XIV Committee (Water and Water Rights)
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Article XV Committee (Harbor Frontages)
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Article XVI Committee (State Indebtedness)
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Article XVII Committee (Land Ownership)
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Article XVIII Committee (Amending and Revising the Constitution)
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Article XIX: Repealed November 4, 1952.
Article XX Committee (Miscellaneous)
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Article XX A Committee (Miscellaneous)
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Article XX B Committee (Miscellaneous)
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Article XXI Committee (State Boundaries)
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Article XXII Committee (Schedule)
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Article XXIII Committee (Recall)
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Article XXIV Committee (Civil Service)
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Article XXV: Repealed November 8, 1949.
Article XXVI Committee (Motor Vehicle Taxation and Revenue)
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Article XXVII Committee (Old Age Security)
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Article XXVIII Committee (Open Space Conservation)
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Article XXXIV Committee (Public Housing Projects)
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Drafting Committee
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3. ADMINISTRATIVE FILES
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American Civil Liberties Union
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Citizens Legislative Advisory Commission
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Executive Committee
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Joint Rules Committee
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Memorandum
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Policy and procedures
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Speakers
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4. PERSONNEL
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5. LEGISLATIVE FILES
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1966
Proposition 1A (ACA 13, Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Res. Ch. 139), November, 1966: for repeal, amendment, and revision of Articles III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, relating to separation of powers, and to the legislative, executive, and judicial departments. Passed by vote of 4, 156,416 to 1,499,675.
1968
Proposition 1 (ACA 30, Stats. 1968, Res., Ch. 184), November, 1968: for repeal, amendment, and revision of Articles IX, X, XI, XII, XVII, XVIII, relating to education, state institutions, local government, corporations and public utilities, land and homestead exemption, amending the constitution, and civil service. Failed to pass by vote of 2,606,748 to 3,462,301.
1970
Proposition 2 (ACA 29, Stats. 1969, Res., Ch. 331), June, 1970: for repeal, amendment, revision, and renumbering of Article XI relating to local government. Passed by vote of 2,084,722 to 1,983,980.
Proposition 3 (ACA 31, Stats. 1969, Res., Ch. 264), June, 1970: for revision and renumbering of Article XII relating to corporations and public utilities. Failed to pass by vote of 688,372 to 2,332,791.
Proposition 4 (ACA 30, Stats. 1969, Res., Ch. 263), June, 1970: for repeal of provisions in Article X, XVII relating to state institutions and land and homestead exemption, and renumbering of provisions of Article XX relating to convict labor. Failed to pass by vote of 1,940,211 to 2,063,603.
1970
Proposition 5 (ACA 28, Stats. 1969, Res., Ch. 340), June, 1970: for revision of Articles XVIII and XXIV relating to legislative amendments to the Constitution and civil service. Failed to pass by a vote of 1,945,593 to 2,063,957.
Proposition 14 (ACA 36, Stats. 1970, Res., Ch. 147), November, 1970: for revision of Article XXIV relating to civil service. Passed by vote of 2,847,620 to 2,382,148.
Proposition 15 (ACA 65, Stats. 1970, Res., Ch. 189), November, 1970: for revision, amendment, and repeal of Article XX provisions relating to seat of government, separate property, hours of labor, minimum wages, sex discrimination, elections, terms of office, duels, etc. Passed by a vote of 3,008,478 to 2,084,421.
Proposition 16 (ACA 67, Stats. 1970, Res., Ch. 187), November, 1970: for amendment and repeal of Article XVIII provisions relating to amending and revising the Constitution. Passed by a vote of 2,576,576 to 2,465,520.
Proposition 17 (ACA 66, Stats. 1970, Res., Ch. 171), November, 1970: for repeal of Article XXVII relating to social welfare. Passed by vote of 3,591,461 to 1,563,940.
1972
Proposition 10 (SCA 6, Stats. 1972, Res., Ch. 6), June, 1972: for repeal of obsolete provisions from Articles X, XII, XIV, XVII, XXII. Passed by a vote of 3,384,238 to 1,762,483.
Proposition 6 (ACA 42, Stats. 1972, Res., Ch. 120), November, 1972: for creation of a new Article III relating to suffrage and elimination of certain provisions from Articles I & XX. Passed by vote of 4,855,713 to 2,503,627.
Proposition 7 (SCA 32, Stats. 1972, Res., Ch. 98), November, 1972: for repeal and amending of Article II provisions relating to primary elections for partisan offices, secret ballot, and other election practices to be defined by the Legislature. Passed by vote of 5,266,396 to 2,426,818.
Assembly Committees on Constitutional Amendments and Elections and Constitutional Amendments
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Records relating to Proposition 1A (1966)
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Records relating to Proposition 1 (1968)
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Records relating to Propositions 2-5 (June, 1970)
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Records relating to Propositions 14-17 (November, 1970)
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Records relating to Proposition 10 (June, 1972)
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Records relating to Propositions 6 & 7 (November, 1972)
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