Hawaii Original Purpose of Bills Amendment (2016)
| Original Purpose of Bills Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic State legislatures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The Hawaii Original Purpose of Bills Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have forbidden a bill from becoming law if it no longer reflects its original purpose due to it being amended during the legislative process.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall a bill that becomes law retain its original purpose throughout the legislative process?[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.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii Legislature, "SB 245," accessed February 13, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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