Bill Text: HI HB1710 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1710 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing An Amendment To Article Iii, Section 4, Of The Hawaii Constitution To Establish Legislative Term Limits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-17 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB1710 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1710-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1710
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article III, section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to limit the terms of members of the house of representatives to ten terms and members of the senate to five terms.

SECTION 2. Article III, section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"ELECTION OF MEMBERS; TERM

Section 4. 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 election is unopposed for that seat at the general election, the candidate shall be deemed elected at the primary election. The term of office of a member of the house of representatives shall be two years and the term of office of a member of the senate shall be four years. No member of the house of representatives shall serve more than ten terms. No member of the senate shall serve more than five terms. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the house of representatives or the senate for a period greater than one half of a term of office shall be considered to have served one term. This limitation on terms shall apply to terms beginning on or after November 6, 2018.

The term of a member of the legislature shall begin on the day of the general election at which elected or if elected at a primary election, on the day of the general election immediately following the primary election at which elected. For a member of the house of representatives, the terms shall end on the day of the general election immediately following the day the member's term commences. For a member of the senate, the term shall end on the day of the second general election immediately following the day the member's term commences."

SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall members of the house of representatives and senate be limited to no more than ten and five terms, respectively?"

SECTION 4. New constitutional material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Legislative Term Limits

Description:

Limits the members of the House of Representatives to serving ten terms and members of the Senate to serving five terms.

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