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Proposition 219

California Statewide • 1998 •  Legislative Referendum 

Passed

Result: 67.3% yes, 32.7% no

AI-generated plain-language summary

This 1998 California constitutional amendment established that ballot measures would apply to future circumstances and situations that arise after their passage, not just those existing at the time of enactment. The measure clarified the temporal scope of citizen-initiated propositions and legislative constitutional amendments.

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