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Hawaii Constitution, Article III

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Article III, The Legislature

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All articles167 Art. I23 Art. II10 Art. III19 Art. IV10 Art. V6 Art. VI7 Art. VII13 Art. VIII6 Art. IX10 Art. X6 Art. XI10 Art. XII7 Art. XIII2 Art. XIV0 Art. XV5 Art. XVI16 Art. XVII5 Art. XVIII12

19 provisions·Filtered byArt. III✕

Haw. Const. art. III, § 1 Legislative Power
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The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a legislature, which shall consist of two houses, a senate and a house of representatives. Such power shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with this constitution or the Constitution of the Unit…
Haw. Const. art. III, § 2 Composition Of Senate
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The senate shall be composed of twenty-five members, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective senatorial districts. Until the next reapportionment the senatorial districts and the number of senators to be elected from each shall be as set forth in the Schedu…
Haw. Const. art. III, § 3 Composition Of House Of Representatives
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The house of representatives shall be composed of fifty-one members, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective representative districts. Until the next reapportionment, the representative districts and the number of representatives to be elected from each sha…
Haw. Const. art. III, § 4 Election Of Members; Term
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Each member of the legislature shall be elected at an election. If more than one candidate has been nominated for election to a seat in the legislature, the member occupying that seat shall be elected at a general election. If a candidate nominated for a seat at a primary electio…

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Haw. Const. art. III, § 5 Vacancies

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Any vacancy in the legislature shall be filled for the unexpired term in such manner as may be provided by law, or, if no provision be made by law, by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. [Ren and am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Haw. Const. art. III, § 6 Qualifications Of Members

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No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of the senate unless the person has been a resident of the State for not less than three years, has attained the age of majority and is, prior to filing nomination papers and thereafter continues to be, a qualified voter of the sen…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 7 Privileges Of Members

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No member of the legislature shall be held to answer before any other tribunal for any statement made or action taken in the exercise of the member’s legislative functions; and members of the legislature shall, in all cases except felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 8 Disqualifications Of Members

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No member of the legislature shall hold any other public office under the State, nor shall the member, during the term for which the member is elected or appointed, be elected or appointed to any public office or employment which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 9 Legislative Allowance

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The members of the legislature shall receive allowances reasonably related to expenses as provided by law. [Am Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968; ren and am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978; am SB 2072 (1984) and election Nov 6, 1984; am HB 1917 (2006) and election N…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 10 Sessions

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The legislature shall convene annually in regular session at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the third Wednesday in January. At the written request of two-thirds of the members to which each house is entitled, the presiding officers of both houses shall convene the legislature in special s…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 11 Adjournment

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Neither house shall adjourn during any session of the legislature for more than three days, or sine die, without the consent of the other. [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Haw. Const. art. III, § 12 Organization; Discipline; Rules; Procedure

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Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members and shall have, for misconduct, disorderly behavior or neglect of duty of any member, power to punish such member by censure or, upon a two-thirds vote of all the members to which such h…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 13 Quorum; Compulsory Attendance

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A majority of the number of members to which each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum of such house for the conduct of ordinary business, of which quorum a majority vote shall suffice; but the final passage of a bill in each house shall require the vote of a majority of a…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 14 Bills; Enactment

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No law shall be passed except by bill. Each law shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. The enacting clause of each law shall be, “Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Hawaii.” [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Haw. Const. art. III, § 15 Passage Of Bills

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No bill shall become law unless it shall pass three readings in each house on separate days. No bill shall pass third or final reading in either house unless printed copies of the bill in the form to be passed shall have been made available to the members of that house for at lea…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 16 Approval Or Veto

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Every bill which shall have passed the legislature shall be certified by the presiding officers and clerks of both houses and shall thereupon be presented to the governor. If the governor approves it, the governor shall sign it and it shall become law. If the governor does not ap…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 17 Procedures Upon Veto

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Upon the receipt of a veto message from the governor, each house shall enter the same at large upon its journal and proceed to reconsider the vetoed bill, or the item or items vetoed, and again vote upon such bill, or such item or items, by ayes and noes, which shall be entered u…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 18 Punishment Of Nonmembers

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Each house may punish by fine, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, any person not a member of either house who shall be guilty of disrespect of such house by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence or that of any committee thereof; or who shall, on accou…

Haw. Const. art. III, § 19 Impeachment

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The governor and lieutenant governor, and any appointive officer for whose removal the consent of the senate is required, may be removed from office upon conviction of impeachment for such causes as may be provided by law. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of…