Hawaii Legislative Term Limits Amendment (2016)
| Hawaii Legislative Term Limits Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Term limits | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Hawaii Legislative Term Limits Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have limited legislators to serving no more than 12 consecutive years in the Hawaii Legislature. The amendment would have allowed a legislator to serve more than 12 years if the legislator reaches the limit before his or her current term ends.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall members of the legislature be limited to serving a maximum of twelve consecutive years in the house of representatives or senate, with years of service calculated after the general election of 2016?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article III, Hawaii Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 4 of Article III of the Hawaii Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
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. 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; provided that no member of the legislature shall serve for more than twelve consecutive years in the house of representatives or twelve consecutive years in the senate, after the general election of 2016; provided further that a member may complete the member’s term if the member reaches the twelve-year limit before a current term has ended.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The Hawaii State Legislature can propose a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in two different ways:
- Through a two-thirds vote in both the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawaii House of Representatives, held in one legislative session.
- Through a simple majority vote in both chambers, held in two successive sessions of the legislature.
The measure was carried over to the 2016 legislative session.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "HB 168," accessed February 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Measure status," accessed February 1, 2016
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