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SB 1225 HD1

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 21, 2025.

Constitutional Amendment; General Elections; Amendment Process; Tallying; Votes.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-1225
Session 2026
Status in_committee
Committee JHA, FIN
Senate in_committee 2025-03-21
Summary

Proposes to amend article XVII, section 3 of the Hawaii State Constitution regarding the standard for ratification of a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, to require that a majority of all the votes tallied upon the question be a "yes"" vote, and not include blank, spoiled, and over votes in determining whether a majority was reached. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)"

Sponsor
Karl Rhoads
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
0000-00-00 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-21 Status in_committee
2025-03-21 Latest Action Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
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