2025 Regular SessionHawaii Legislature

SB1238: Proposing To Amend The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Make Incumbent Legislators Temporarily Ineligible For Service Based On The Size Of The Native Hawaiian Population.

Legislative Summary

Proposes to amend the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that if a United States census shows that the state Native Hawaiian population decreased by no less than 5% since the prior United States census, all state legislators in office at the time of the release of the latter census shall be ineligible to serve in any state legislative office for 1 term, which shall be the 1st term of the applicable legislative office that begins after the release of the latter census.

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Pending Introduction.
Senate
1/23/2025
Introduced and passed First Reading.
Senate
1/27/2025
Referred to JDC/HWN, WAM.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Brenton Awa
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/21/202513.5 KB