Californians to vote on repeal of same-sex marriage ban in November 2024 elections

A proposed amendment to remove language eliminating same-sex marriage rights from California’s state constitution will appear on the ballot in next year’s November elections after the measure cleared its final legislative hurdle Thursday with bipartisan support. The amendment, known as ACA 5, would officially strike a provision from the state’s constitution that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” That language was added to the constitution under Proposition 8, the controversial 2008 ballot proposition intended to ban same-sex marriage in California. When put to voters, it passed with more than 52 percent of the vote.