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Hawaii Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2024)
| Hawaii Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Hawaii Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment was not on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The measure would have increased the mandatory retirement age for judges and justices from 70 to 75.[1]
Text of measure
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The state process
The Hawaii State Legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon either a two-thirds (66.67%) majority vote in both chambers of the legislature in the same session or two simple majority votes in both chambers held in two successive sessions. Constitutional amendments must be approved by a majority of the votes cast for the question, as long as the majority also is at least 50% of the total votes cast in the entire election. For measures approved at special elections by a majority of votes cast for the question, the majority must be at least 30% of the total number of registered voters in the state at the time.
2024 legislative session
This amendment was introduced as House Bill 2509. The measure was passed by the House on February 29, 2024, by a vote of 47-3. The measure was not passed by the House before the legislature adjourned the 2024 session.[1]
| Vote in the Hawaii House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote in each chamber; or a simple majority vote in each chamber in two sessions | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 47 | 3 | 2 |
| Total percent | 92.15% | 5.88% | 3.92% |
| Democrat | 42 | 2 | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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