Title
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment 30. Amends Section 21, Article XX of Constitution. Specifies matters included with complete system of workmen’s compensation. Empowers legislature to establish such system and require any or all persons to compensate workmen for their injury or disability, and dependents thereof for death of said workmen incurred in employment, irrespective of any party’s fault, provide for settling disputes by arbitration, industrial accident commission, courts or any combination thereof; procedures therefor, making decisions of such tribunals reviewable by appellate courts. Declares Industrial Accident Commission and State Compensation Insurance Fund unaffected hereby, confirming functions vested therein.
Proposition Number
23
Year
1918
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 229974; A: 50.6; N: 224517; B: 49.4
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. XX, section 21.
For Author
Edgar A. Luce, State Senator Fortieth District; Herbert C. Jones, State Senator Twenty-eighth District
Recommended Citation
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION California Proposition 23 (1918).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/125