Hawaii Referendum Amendment (2016)
| Hawaii Referendum Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The Hawaii Referendum Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have provided for citizen-initiated referendums in Hawaii. However, the amendment would not have allowed referendums on "making, amending or repealing laws for appropriation of public funds, levying of taxes or collective bargaining agreements."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall the State Constitution be amended to specify that referendum power shall be reserved to the people, except for laws providing for making, amending or repealing laws for appropriation of public funds, levying of taxes and collective bargaining agreements?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article XVII, Hawaii Constitution
The proposed amendment would add a new section to Article XVII of the Hawaii Constitution. The following text would be added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
Referendum power shall be reserved to the people, except for laws providing for making, amending or repealing laws for appropriation of public funds, levying of taxes and collective bargaining agreements.[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 into the 2016 legislative session.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "HB 472," 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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