2022 Oregon Ballot Measure 112

Ballot Measure 112
Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 1,039,291 55.64%
No 828,555 44.36%
Yes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
No:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Oregon Ballot Measure 112, the Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment, is an amendment to the Constitution of Oregon passed as part of the 2022 Oregon elections. The measure removes the penal exception clause, a loophole where slavery and involuntary servitude are legal within the state as punishment for a crime. It adds language authorizing Oregon courts and probation or parole agencies to order a person convicted of a crime to engage in education, counseling, treatment, community service, or other alternatives to incarceration, as part of sentencing for the crime.

Four other states—Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Vermont—considered similar amendments at the same time as Oregon (passed by all except Louisiana), and three states (Colorado, Nebraska and Utah) had previously voted to remove similar language.

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