Bill Text: HI SB1538 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 1538

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Native Hawaiians.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - Referred to EDT/HWN, WAM. [SB1538 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2025-SB1538-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1538
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§201- Native Hawaiian majority districts; designation. (a) The department shall identify all legislative districts in the State in which a majority of the population consists of Native Hawaiians.

(b) Any district identified by the department pursuant to subsection (a) shall be designated as a Native Hawaiian majority district for purposes of representation and recognition."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

DBEDT; Native Hawaiians; Legislative Districts; Recognition

Description:

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify all legislative districts in the State in which a majority of the population consists of Native Hawaiians. Designates these districts as Native Hawaiian majority districts.

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