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Hawaii Make Access to Housing a High Priority Amendment (2020)

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Hawaii Make Access to Housing a High Priority Amendment
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
Housing
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature


The Hawaii Make Access to Housing a High Priority Amendment was not on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.

Measure design

The measure would have amended the constitution to state that Hawaii "shall place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and shall implement this provision by statute."[1]

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article IX, Hawaii Constitution

The measure would have amended Section 5 of Article IX of the state constitution. The following underlined text would have been added:[1]

HOUSING, SLUM CLEARANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION

Section 5. The State shall place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and shall implement this provision by statute. The State shall have the power to provide for, or assist in, housing, slum clearance and the development or rehabilitation of substandard areas. The exercise of such power is deemed to be for a public use and purpose.[2]

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.

2020 legislative session

This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 3063 on January 23, 2020. The measure was passed by the Senate on March 3, 2020, by a vote of 21-3 with one excused. The measure was not passed by the House before the legislature adjourned on July 10, 2020.[1]

Vote in the Hawaii State Senate
March 3, 2020
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote in each chamber; or a simple majority vote in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 17  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total2131
Total percent84%12%4%
Democrat2031
Republican100

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "Senate Bill 3063," accessed March 5, 2020
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.