• Source: 1986 California Proposition 63

      • The 1986 Proposition 63, titled Official State Language, was a proposition in the state of California on the November 4, 1986 ballot. The ballot initiative created Article III, Section 6 of the California Constitution and made English the official language of the state. The measure passed by a 46.5% margin. Due to superseding federal laws, the provision is effectively null and was later designated as merely "advisory" by the state attorney general.


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      The text of the ballot measure is as follows:

      Provides that English is the official language of the state of California; requires the legislature to enforce this provision by appropriate legislation; charges the legislature with preserving and enhancing the role of English as the common language of the state, requiring that no law may be passed that ignores or diminishes this role; and provides for any resident or person doing business in the state to sue the state to enforce these provisions.


      See also


      List of California ballot propositions 1980-1989
      1998 California Proposition 227
      2016 California Proposition 58
      Languages of the United States
      Modern English


      References




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      External links


      Proposition 63: The California English Language Amendment
      California Constitution: Article III, Section 6

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