List of Hawaii ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Hawaii.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2028

See also: Hawaii 2028 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Asks voters whether a constitutional convention shall be held to propose a revision or amendments to the constitution

2026

See also: Hawaii 2026 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Increase Time for Senate to Act on Judicial Appointments Amendment	State judicial selection; State legislative processes and sessions	Increase the timeframe for the Senate to consider and act on appointments of judges and justices from 30 days to 60 days for appointments made between April 1 and December 31 when the Senate is not in regular session or is soon to adjourn the regular session

2024

See also: Hawaii 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Judicial Appointments and Confirmations Amendment	State judiciary	Change the process for appointing and confirming district court judges to be the same as that used for supreme court justices and other higher court judges	a	316,468 (71%)	131,729 (29%)
LRCA	Remove Legislature Authority to Limit Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Remove provision of the constitution saying that "the legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples"	a	268,038 (56%)	211,142 (44%)

2018

See also: Hawaii 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	A Hawaii Constitutional Convention Question will be on the ballot in Hawaii as an automatic ballot referral on November 6, 2018.	d	94,579 (26%)	275,300 (74%)

2016

See also: Hawaii 2016 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Civil trials	The Hawaii Threshold of Financial Damage Required to Establish the Right to a Trial by Jury Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure was defeated.	d	201,198 (52%)	185,586 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	219,056 (58%)	157,289 (42%)

2014

See also: Hawaii 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary		a	302,953 (88%)	41,308 (12%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Agriculture policy		a	185,531 (55%)	152,222 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary; Age limits for officials	The Hawaii Mandatory Retirement Age for Justices and Judges, Amendment 3 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have increased the mandatory age of retirement for judges and justices from 70 to 80.	d	81,406 (23%)	268,958 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Early childhood education	Allow public funds to be used for private early childhood education programs	d	160,238 (45%)	192,247 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Water storage; Bond issues		a	234,016 (69%)	106,377 (31%)

2012

See also: Hawaii 2012 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment	Bond issues	d	212,395 (55%)	175,952 (45%)
LRCA	Question 4	State judiciary	d	216,655 (55%)	174,190 (45%)

2010

See also: Hawaii 2010 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public education governance	a	221,390 (60%)	145,818 (40%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	a	227,457 (65%)	122,672 (35%)

2008

See also: Hawaii 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	State executive elections	d	75,696 (18%)	356,682 (82%)
ACCQ	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	d	152,453 (35%)	281,418 (65%)

2006

See also: Hawaii 2006 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Higher education governance	a	195,909 (56%)	152,635 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials	a	184,101 (53%)	164,515 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Age limits for officials; State judiciary	d	121,418 (35%)	226,805 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Criminal trials; Jury rules	a	240,789 (69%)	107,575 (31%)
LRCA	Question 4	Bond issues	a	222,072 (64%)	126,588 (36%)

2004

See also: Hawaii 2004 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Criminal trials	a	282,852 (73%)	103,745 (27%)
LRCA	Question 2	Criminal trials	a	309,415 (80%)	79,321 (20%)
LRCA	Question 3	Crime victims' rights	a	229,439 (61%)	147,257 (39%)
LRCA	Question 4	Criminal trials	a	241,658 (65%)	129,103 (35%)

2002

See also: Hawaii 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Question 1	Administration of government		a	42,506 (90%)	4,604 (10%)
LRCA	Question 2	Bond issues; Education	Allow the state to allocate bond revenue to non-profit private schools	a	28,379 (61%)	18,243 (39%)
	Question 3	Criminal trials		a	25,838 (57%)	19,277 (43%)

2000

See also: Hawaii 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Amendment 1	Higher education governance	a	268,166 (78%)	76,870 (22%)
	Amendment 3	Administration of government	a	260,669 (79%)	67,568 (21%)
	Question 2	Administration of government	d	130,055 (38%)	208,035 (62%)

1998

See also: Hawaii 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions		d	140,688 (37%)	244,753 (63%)
LRCA	Question 2	Administration of government		d	138,672 (38%)	222,433 (62%)
LRCA	Question 2	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Give the Legislature the power and authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples	a	285,384 (71%)	117,827 (29%)

1996

See also: Hawaii 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	234,436 (72%)	92,238 (28%)
	Amendment 2	Public education funding	a	242,009 (74%)	83,882 (26%)
	Amendment 3	Public education funding	a	164,132 (57%)	123,021 (43%)
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	a	163,869 (51%)	160,153 (49%)

1994

See also: Hawaii 1994 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Ballot Measure 1	Bond issues	a	231,859 (69%)	102,721 (31%)
	Ballot Measure 2	Bond issues	a	198,977 (61%)	129,233 (39%)
	Ballot Measure 3	Public education governance	d	158,675 (47%)	176,242 (53%)
	Ballot Measure 4	Public education governance	a	238,870 (73%)	89,466 (27%)
	Ballot Measure 5	State judiciary	a	250,481 (78%)	71,160 (22%)
	Ballot Measure 6	State judiciary	a	215,471 (69%)	96,762 (31%)
	Ballot Measure 7	Judicial term limits	a	240,411 (76%)	73,945 (24%)
	Ballot Measure 8	State judiciary	a	205,982 (67%)	103,135 (33%)

1992

See also: Hawaii 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
	Question 1	Administration of government; Redistricting policy	a	192,432 (60%)	127,199 (40%)
LRCA	Question 2	Administration of government	a	228,395 (82%)	51,451 (18%)
LRCA	Question 3	State legislatures measures; Administration of government	a	217,462 (67%)	105,333 (33%)
	Question 4	Administration of government; Redistricting policy	a	210,400 (64%)	120,029 (36%)

1990

See also: Hawaii 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed changing the legislative session recess minimum from five to six days and to allow recesses to occur at a time to be determined by concurrent resolution, rather than at some period between the twentieth and fortieth days of the regular session.	d	144,552 (49%)	150,559 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to increase the qualifying minimum number of years that a district court judge nominee would be required to be licensed from 5 years to 10 years.	d	151,502 (49%)	155,676 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed that the basis used for reappointment be changed from a "registered voter" basis to an "adjusted population" basis.	d	142,688 (48%)	154,339 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional rights	The amendment asked whether the requirement that fractional voting be used to maintain minimum representation for basic island units, which had been ruled unconstitutional, be repealed.	a	149,474 (54%)	128,835 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures measures	The amendment asked whether the requirements for reappointment boundaries be changed from "basic island units" to "basic island units, whenever possible and to the maximum extent possible."	a	151,740 (55%)	125,015 (45%)

1988

See also: Hawaii 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Jury rules; Civil trials	The amendment asked whether the constitutional right to a jury trial in civil cases, which were at the time cases where the value in controversy exceeded $1,000, be amended to preserve that right in civil cases where the value in controversy exceeded $5,000.	a	212,235 (67%)	102,246 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	The amendment asked whether the qualifications for voting in the state of Hawaii be changed to eliminate the one-year residency requirement, which had been found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.	a	170,026 (52%)	156,594 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Primary election systems	The amendment asked whether an unopposed legislative candidate after the primary, be deemed elected to their seat at the primary election with their term of office beginning at the time of the general election and should the language specifying the method by which legislators elected after reappointment are assigned to two- or four-year terms when reappointment establishes multi-member districts be conformed to such an election method.	a	198,301 (65%)	108,515 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	The amendment asked whether the state of Hawaii ought to assert and reserve its rights and interest in its exclusive economic zone for the purpose of exploring, conserving and managing natural resources, both living and nonliving, of the seabed and subsoil, and super adjacent waters.	a	251,822 (82%)	55,689 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional rights	The amendment asked whether the age of voting be changed to include those who turn 18 at any point during an election year, extending the accepted age terminus to December 31.	a	164,407 (51%)	156,681 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislatures measures	The amendment asked whether one public high school student, selected by the Hawaii State Student Council, ought to serve on the board of education.	a	212,174 (67%)	103,961 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Redistricting policy	The amendment asked whether the minimum representation among basic island units be removed and the basis for reappointment be changed from a registered voter base to a population base.	a	165,896 (56%)	132,133 (44%)

1986

See also: Hawaii 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment C	State judiciary	The amendment asked whether a chief justice of the Hawaii supreme court is permitted, as needed, to appoint retired judges from intermediate appellate court, the circuit courts, district courts and district family courts to serve as judges in appellate court, the circuit courts, district courts and district family courts respectively.	a	197,386 (62%)	119,375 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment D	State legislatures measures	The Amendment asked whether a convention to propose a revision of or amendments to the constitution ought to be held.	d	137,236 (44%)	173,977 (56%)

1984

See also: Hawaii 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 1213 of the Twelfth Legislature, Regular Session of 1983, that Article VII, Section 6 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to eliminate the requirement that excess revenue be refunded to taxpayers if the general fund balance at the close of each two successive fiscal years exceeds five percent of the general fund revenues for each of the two fiscal years.	d	138,069 (46%)	162,042 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 1947 of the Twelfth Legislature, Regular Session of 1984, that Article III, Section 12 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to allow the legislature to establish the deadline for introducing bills to be considered at any time during the session, by eliminating the current requirement that the deadline be no sooner than the twentieth day of the session and before the mandatory legislative recess.	a	177,060 (60%)	115,704 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed, per Senate Bill No. 2072 of the Twelfth Legislature, Regular Session of 1984, that Article III, Section 9 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to allow the legislature to set the method, not the amount, by which its members will be paid. The legislature had passed a bill that provided for payment in equal monthly installments, with no increase in pay	a	185,231 (65%)	101,719 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 1948 of the Twelfth Legislature, Regular Session of 1984, that Article III, Section 10 of the Hawaiian constitution, which required the legislature to recess each regular session for not less than five days at one time during the period between the twentieth and fortieth day of the session, be amended to remove the requirement that the recess of at least five days be taken consecutively, and allow the recess to be taken any time during the session after the deadline for introducing bills.	a	173,623 (62%)	105,591 (38%)

1982

See also: Hawaii 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Criminal trials	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 150 of the Eleventh Legislature, Regular Session of 1981, that Article I, Section 10 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to allow a person to be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime upon a finding of probable cause after a preliminary hearing is held. Previous procedure had required that a presentment or indictment of a grand jury was necessary.	a	191,798 (67%)	95,216 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 238 of the Eleventh Legislature, Regular Session of 1981, that Article III, Section 9 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to provide that the salaries received by legislators be payable in such installments and at such times as provided by law.	a	152,154 (55%)	126,110 (45%)

1980

See also: Hawaii 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 578 of the Tenth Legislature, Regular Session of 1979, that Article XVII, Section 2 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to require that, for ratification of amendments at general elections, each amendment must receive a majority of all the votes tallied on the question equal to at least 50 percent of the total vote cast at the election.	a	178,030 (68%)	85,530 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	The amendment proposed, per Senate Bill No. 1703-80 of the Tenth Legislature, Regular Session of 1980, that Article XVII, Section 2 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to state that amendment proposals to the constitution be submitted to voters in the form of a question on a single issue, that each question have a space for marking “yes” or “no” and that a full text version be available to the public at polling stations on election day. A voter education program outlining each amendment must be conducted and each amendment must receive a majority of all the votes tallied on the question equal to at least 50 percent of the total vote cast at the election.	a	187,093 (72%)	72,682 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed, per Senate Bill No. 1973-80 of the Tenth Legislature, Regular Session of 1980, that Article III, Section 10 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to permit the Senate to convene a special session at the written request of two-thirds of the members of senate for the purpose of considering a nomination to fill a judicial vacancy.	a	153,868 (61%)	97,929 (39%)

1978

See also: Hawaii 1978 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 1	Civil trials; Criminal trials; Jury rules	The amendment proposed that Article I, Section 13 (formerly 10) of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to increase the value of controversy from $100 to $1000. Also that Article I, Section 14 (formerly 11) of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to increase the number of jurors in a criminal prosecution case to 12.	a	168,910 (67%)	83,316 (33%)
CCRCA	Amendment 10	State judiciary	The amendment proposed six new additions to the constitution: Article VI, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Article XVIII, Section 5. The amendments stated that an intermediate court of appeals would be created and make district courts constitutional rather than legislative creations; made courts limit the time they have to finish their cases; removed minimum salaries for judges from the constitution and created a salary commission; required judges to be Hawaiian residents for at least five years, U.S. citizens and licensed attorneys; created a judicial selection commission to recommend judges of the supreme court, court of appeals or circuit court who are then picked by the governor and approved by the Senate; and gave the supreme court more power to discipline judges and started a judicial discipline commission.	a	168,639 (67%)	83,587 (33%)
CCRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed six new additions to the constitution: Article VII, Sections 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, and Article VIII, Section 5. The amendments stated that a limit would be put on state general fund spending to the estimated rate of growth of the state’s economy and would apply the limit to the governor’s budget and legislative appropriations; taxpayers would receive a refund or credit whenever the general fund balance was more than five percent of the general fund revenues for two years in a row; deficit spending would be prohibited unless the governor said that the public health, safety or welfare was threatened; and the state would share the cost of any new programs or increased services which the legislature required that counties provide.	a	168,508 (67%)	83,718 (33%)
CCRCA	Amendment 12	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article VII, Sections 11 and 13. The amendments stated that they would limit the principal and interest on state debt to a percentage of general fund revenues; prohibit the legislature from approving more bonds than are allowed under the debt limit; required that each general obligation bond be repaid within twenty-five years; excluded certain bonds from the state and county debt limits; and automatically canceled appropriations financed by general obligation bonds or general funds if not under contract or spent within three years.	a	178,358 (71%)	73,868 (29%)
CCRCA	Amendment 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article VII, Sections 12 and 13. The amendments stated that they would allow the legislature, by a two-thirds vote of each house, to authorize the issuing of special purpose revenue bonds is such a bond is in public interest; it would allow for the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for manufacturing, processing or industrial enterprises, utilities serving the general public, health care facilities provided to the public by a nonprofit corporations, and low and moderate income government housing programs; it would require a second two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature before bonds can be issued for any project or program; it would require that state credit cannot be used directly or indirectly and state shall not be liable for repayment of bonds; it would allow legislature to authorize counties to issue such bonds but would require a two-thirds vote of the county council; and would exclude such bonds from the state or county debt limits.	a	163,709 (65%)	88,517 (35%)
CCRCA	Amendment 14	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution: Article VII, Sections 7, 8 and 10. The amendments stated that they would establish a council on revenues to prepare state revenue estimates and requires the governor and legislature to consider such estimates in developing the state budget and making appropriations; it would provide for direct submission by the judiciary of its budget to the legislature; and it would clarify the state auditor’s duty to include post-audits of programs and performance of state agencies.	a	175,110 (69%)	77,116 (31%)
CCRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article VII, Sections 2 and 3. The amendments stated that they would allow the legislature to conform all or any portion of the state income tax laws to the federal income tax law and establish a tax review commission to evaluate the state’s tax structure and recommend revenue and tax policy.	a	170,815 (68%)	81,411 (32%)
CCRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution: Article VIII, Sections 3 and 5, and Article XVIII, Section 6. The amendments stated that they would grant counties exclusive power to oversee all issues pertaining to the taxation of real property; it would include a transitional period, whereby 1) such taxes will not be levied until July 1, 1981, 2) all counties would agree on a uniform method of assessment, failing this, general law would prevail, and 3) property dedicated for specific use would be valued in the context of that use and include any tax exemptions, which would not be altered for 11 years unless the majority of counties agree to do so.	a	130,963 (52%)	121,263 (48%)
CCRCA	Amendment 17	Public assistance programs	The amendment proposed seven new additions to the constitution: Article IX, Sections 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The amendments stated that they would allow flexibility in programs for care of the handicapped; it would give the legislature power to establish eligibility standards for public assistance; it would delete the power to conserve and develop natural beauty, which would be moved to an Article on Conservation and Development of Resources; and would authorize the state to provide for public safety, security of the elderly, preservation of cultural resources and promotion of a healthful environment.	a	173,839 (69%)	78,387 (31%)
CCRCA	Amendment 18	Census policy	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article IX, Section 6. The amendment stated that the state and counties would be required to plan and manage population growth, except the county may be more restrictive in their plan and management of population growth than the state.	a	167,450 (66%)	84,776 (34%)
CCRCA	Amendment 19	Public education governance	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution: Article X, Sections 2 and 3, and Article XVIII, Section 7. The amendments stated that, beginning with the 1980 election, members of the board of education would be elected in a nonpartisan manner from two at-large school board districts, one district for Oahu and the second district for the neighboring islands. Each school board district would consist of several departmental school districts; it would provide at least one member of the board of education live in each departmental school district; and it would give jurisdiction to the board of education, subject to general laws, over internal organization and management of the public school system.	a	177,549 (70%)	74,677 (30%)
CCRCA	Amendment 2	Jury rules; Criminal trials	The amendment proposed that Article I, Section 11 of the Hawaiian constitution be created and state that when a grand jury is convened, there would be an independent counsel appointed, as provided by law, to advise the members of the grand jury regarding matters brought before it. Independent counsel would be selected from among those persons licensed to practice law by the supreme court of the state and shall not be a public employee. The term and compensation for independent counsel would be as provided by law.	a	162,124 (64%)	90,102 (36%)
CCRCA	Amendment 20	American Indian issues; Public education governance; Sex and gender issues	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article X, Sections 1 and 4. The amendments stated that it would be unlawful to discriminate in public educational institutes on the basis of gender and would provide for the promotion of Hawaiian history, culture and language and a Hawaiian education program.	a	160,937 (64%)	91,289 (36%)
CCRCA	Amendment 21	Public education governance; Higher education governance	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article X, Section 6. The amendment stated it would clarify the board of regents’ exclusive jurisdiction, subject to state laws, over internal organization and management of the University of Hawaii.	a	175,201 (69%)	77,025 (31%)
CCRCA	Amendment 22	Water; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XI, Section 7. The amendment stated that the state has the obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of Hawaii’s water resources for the benefit of the people; the legislature would create a water resources agency, who would monitor conservation and quality, and develop policies. The agency would define beneficial and reasonable uses, protect ground and surface water, watersheds, natural stream environments, establish criteria of water use priorities while assuring appurtenant rights and existing correlative and riparian uses, and establish procedures for regulating all uses of Hawaii’s water resources.	a	171,054 (68%)	81,172 (32%)
CCRCA	Amendment 23	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Fisheries and fishing regulations	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article XI, Sections 1 and 9. The amendment would require that the state and counties to conserve and protect the natural beauty and natural resources of Hawaii; it would require the state to promote the development and use of these resources, if it is consistent with conserving these resources and promoting the self-sufficiency of the state; it would require the state to hold public natural resources in trust for the benefit of the people of Hawaii; it would give each person the right to clean and healthful environment, which will be defined by law; and it would give the right to each person to sue to enforce this right but the legislature may limit and regulate this right in a reasonable manner.	a	156,153 (62%)	96,073 (38%)
CCRCA	Amendment 24	Agriculture policy	The amendment proposed two new additions to the constitution: Article XI, Sections 3 and 4. The amendment would require that the state to conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency, and assure that agriculturally suitable lands are available; it would require the state to identify which agricultural lands are needed to promote the future of agriculture; it would require that lands identified as important for agriculture would not be used for any other purpose unless certain standards and criteria set by the legislature are met and approved by a two-thirds vote of the governmental body which is to approve changes in the use of land; and it would permit the state to acquire interests in real property in order to control development and land use.	a	172,236 (68%)	79,990 (32%)
CCRCA	Amendment 25	Fisheries and fishing regulations; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	The amendment proposed an alteration to the constitution: Article XI, Section 6, formerly Section 3. The amendment stated that the state would have the power to manage and control marine, seabed and other resources located within the state, including archipelagic waters of the state, and reserves to itself all such rights outside state boundaries not specifically limited by federal law. Furthermore, all fisheries in the sea waters of the state not included in any fish pond, artificial enclosure, or state-licensed mariculture operation would be free to the public, subject to the vested rights and right of the state to regulate the same, provided that mariculture operations shall be established under guidelines enacted by legislature, which would protect the public’s use and enjoyment of the reefs. The state may condemn such vested rights for public use.	a	178,296 (71%)	73,930 (29%)
CCRCA	Amendment 26	Nuclear energy	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XI, Section 8. The amendment stated that no nuclear fusion power plant would be constructed or radioactive material disposed of in the state without the prior approval by two-thirds vote in each house of the legislature.	a	164,366 (65%)	87,860 (35%)
CCRCA	Amendment 27	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Administrative organization	The amendment proposed codifying the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, Sections 204, 212, 213, and 221 in the constitution as Article XII, Section 1. The amendment stated that the legislature would be required to fund the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; it would guarantee traditional funding to continue; and would allow the department more flexibility.	a	130,232 (52%)	121,994 (48%)
CCRCA	Amendment 28	Administration of government	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution: Article XII, Sections 4, 5 and 6. The amendment would set up a trust corpus and beneficiaries of the Admission Act and establish an Office of Hawaiian Affairs with an elected board of trustees and provide for an effective date.	a	129,089 (51%)	123,137 (49%)
CCRCA	Amendment 29	Constitutional rights; American Indian issues	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XII, Section 8. The amendment stated that the state would reaffirm and protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes by Ahupua’s tenants who are descendants of the native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, subject to the right of the state to regulate such rights.	a	140,061 (92%)	12,165 (8%)
CCRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed that Article I, Section 6 of the Hawaiian constitution be created and state that the state of Hawaii would recognize the privacy of the people and not infringe on that right without the showing of a compelling state interest.	a	131,244 (52%)	120,982 (48%)
CCRCA	Amendment 30	Administration of government	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XIV. The amendment stated that the codes of ethics would be extended to the constitutional convention delegates and employees; it would provide that the ethics codes require provisions for financial disclosure; it would require an independent commission to supervise ethics codes; it would mandate lobbyist registration; and would require candidates for political office to file financial disclosures.	a	179,961 (71%)	72,265 (29%)
CCRCA	Amendment 31	State flags and symbols; Constitutional wording changes; English language policy		a	175,844 (70%)	76,382 (30%)
CCRCA	Amendment 32	Property	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article XVI, Section 12. The amendment stated that no person would be deprived of the title to an estate or interest in real property by another person claiming actual, continuous, hostile, exclusive, open and notorious possession of such lands, except real property of five acres or less. Such a claim would be asserted in good faith by any person not more than once in 20 years.	a	148,107 (59%)	104,119 (41%)
CCRCA	Amendment 33	Administration of government; Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution: Article XVI, Sections 3 and 13 and Article XVII, Section 2. The amendment would keep persons convicted, not just accused, of subversive activities from holding public office; it would mandate that governmental writing must be in plain language; it would clarify the time when voters must be asked if they want to have another constitutional convention; and it would allow the constitutional convention to be held five months before the general election instead of four months.	a	178,632 (71%)	73,594 (29%)
CCRCA	Amendment 34	State constitutional conventions; Constitutional wording changes	The amendment proposed to revise some conventions and language within the state constitution. It would allow changes to the constitution where the subject may now be unconstitutional or unnecessary under the U.S. Constitution; it would change the style and language of the state constitution; it would allow the replacement of words which sound like they apply to men or women only with words which apply to everyone; and it would make small changes which were related to main purposes of the other amendments.	a	175,032 (69%)	77,194 (31%)
CCRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed that Article II, Section 4 of the Hawaiian constitution be created and state that the legislature would provide for the registration of voters, for absentee voting and would prescribe the method of voting at all elections. Secrecy of voting would be preserved, provided that no person would be required to declare a party preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting in any primary or special primary election. Secrecy of voting and choice of political party affiliation or nonpartisanship would be preserved.	a	161,119 (64%)	91,107 (36%)
CCRCA	Amendment 5	State executive elections; State legislative elections	The amendment proposed that Article II, Section 7 of the Hawaiian constitution be created and state that any elected public officer would resign from that office before being eligible as a candidate for another public office, if the term of the office sought begins before the end of the term of the office held.	a	148,542 (59%)	103,684 (41%)
CCRCA	Amendment 6	Campaign finance	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution. The first, Article II, Section 5 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that a campaign must create a campaign fund to pay for part of the cost of state and local campaigns and that the legislature would provide a limit on the campaign spending of candidates. The second, Article II, Section 6 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that limitations on campaign contributions to any political candidate, or authorized political campaign organization for such candidate, for any elective office within the State would be provided by law. The third, Article II, Section 8 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that there should be no less than 45 days between the primary and general election	a	145,910 (58%)	106,316 (42%)
CCRCA	Amendment 7	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed five new additions to the constitution. The first, Article III, Section 9 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that a legislative salary commission would be established, beginning November 30, 1978, and convene every eight years to set legislative salaries. The second, Article II, Section 12 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that the legislature would set a deadline for all bills to be introduced and required that a recess take place between the twentieth and fortieth days of a session for no less than 5 days. The third, Article II, Section 15 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that all decision making legislative meetings be open to the public. The third, Article XVIII, Section II of the Hawaiian constitution, stated the waiting period ought to be extended from 24 to 48 hours from the distribution of a bill to its final reading. The third, Article IV, Section 6 and 7 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that terms of office ought to be staggered for Senators starting in the 1978 general election, so that about half of the Senators would be elected at each general election.	a	159,907 (63%)	92,319 (37%)
CCRCA	Amendment 8	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution. The first, Article IV, Section 1 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that, beginning in 1981, the time between the changing of boundaries for voting areas would increase from eight to 10 years. The second, Article IV, Section 2 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that the reapportionment commission would be given 150 days to file its reapportionment plan, instead of the previous 120 days. The third, Article IV, Section 8 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that the reapportionment commission would also reapportion U.S. Congressional districts.	a	169,136 (67%)	83,090 (33%)
CCRCA	Amendment 9	Executive official term limits	The amendment proposed three new additions to the constitution. Proposed Article V, Sections 1, 2, and Article XVIII, Section 4 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that the governor and lieutenant governor are limited to serving two terms in a row beginning in 1978. Proposed Article V, Section 6 of the Hawaiian constitution, stated that similar offices within the executive administration with similar purpose and function would be placed together in the same department.	a	171,518 (68%)	80,708 (32%)

1976

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Housing	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article VIII, Section 4. The amendment proposed that the Section read: The state shall have power to provide for or assist in housing slum clearance and development or rehabilitation of substandard areas, and the exercise of such power is deemed to be for a public use and purpose.	a	200,787 (74%)	69,623 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State constitutional conventions	The amendment proposed to convene a convention to propose revisions of or amendments to the constitution.	a	199,831 (74%)	69,264 (26%)

1974

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November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article III, Section 17. The amendment proposed to exclude funding appropriated to be expended by the judicial and legislative branches from the governor’s item veto.	d	11,223 (48%)	12,257 (52%)

1972

See also: Hawaii 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights; Sex and gender issues	Prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights on account of a person's sex	a	207,123 (87%)	31,930 (13%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article VI, Section 5. The amendment proposed clarification on legislation needed for supplemental appropriation.	a	162,594 (75%)	54,246 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed one new addition to the constitution: Article II, Section 1. The amendment proposed to change the voting age.	a	174,118 (72%)	66,135 (28%)

1970

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Public education governance	The proposition pertained to the method of selecting the board of education, stating “Method of Selecting [sic] Board of Education.”	d	70,587 (38%)	115,990 (62%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Public education governance	The proposition pertained to the method of selecting the superintendent, stating “Method of Selecting [sic] Superintendent.”	d	76,711 (42%)	104,636 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Constitutional rights	The proposition asked whether the voting age ought to be lowered from 20 to 18 years old.	d	95,265 (49%)	98,502 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	County and municipal governance	The proposition asked whether it ought to be required that city charters be reviewed every 10 years.	a	109,137 (67%)	54,205 (33%)

1968

See also: Hawaii 1968 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; Redistricting policy	The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article XVI, Sections 1 and a new section. The amendment would set up the Senatorial and Representative districts and the number of members to be elected from each commencing at the 1970 general election until the next reapportionment; and for the Convention plan to supersede the legislature’s apportionment plan for the senate (S.B. No. 1102) if both are ratified.	a	149,200 (76%)	46,360 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 10	English language policy; Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article II, Section 1. The amendment would remove the requirement that citizens be able, except for physical disabilities, to speak, read, and write Hawaiian or English in order vote.	a	120,431 (62%)	75,106 (38%)
CCRCA	Amendment 11	State legislative elections; State executive elections	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article II, new Section. The amendment would authorize the legislature to provide for a presidential preference primary.	a	147,254 (75%)	48,295 (25%)
CCRCA	Amendment 12	Administration of government	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article III, Section 7. The amendment would lower the minimum age required for a person to serve in the legislature from 30 years for a Senator and 25 years for a Representative to the age of majority, which was set at 20 years by the legislature as of 1968.	a	111,302 (57%)	84,244 (43%)
CCRCA	Amendment 13	Salaries of government officials; Administration of government	The amendment proposed four additions to the constitution: Article III, Sections 10, 11, 16 and 17. The amendment would establish a commission on legislative salary appointed every four years to review and recommend legislative salaries; it would provide for annual regular general session of 60 working days commencing in January of each year; it would give authority in the legislature to extend the session and additional 15 working days to recess and to convene in special session; it would authorize a 24-hour period between distribution of the printed bill and its third or final reading; it would authorize carry-over status of a bill from one general session to another within a two-year period of a state legislature; and for related changes.	a	148,634 (76%)	46,861 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 14	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article XVI, Section 17. The amendment would establish legislators’ salaries at $12,000 a year until changed by enactment following recommendation of the commission on legislative salaries.	a	112,399 (57%)	83,138 (43%)
CCRCA	Amendment 15	State executive elections	The amendment proposed three additions to the constitution: Article IV, Sections 1, 3 and 6. The amendment would change eligibility requirements for the office of the governor by reducing the minimum age from 35 years to 30 years and delete requirement of 20 years as a U.S. citizen; it would establish minimum compensation for the governor and the lieutenant governor; it would provide for the removal of a single executive by the governor without the advice and consent of the Senate, except in the case of the chief legal officer of the state; it would allow the removal of other officers as prescribed by law; it would require every officer appointed under Section 6 to be a citizen of the U.S. and reduce the residency requirement from at least 3 years to at least one year immediately preceding his appointment; it would exclude the president of the University of Hawaii from the residency requirements; and it would provide for related changes.	a	133,501 (68%)	62,016 (32%)
CCRCA	Amendment 16	State judiciary; Administration of government	The amendment proposed three additions to the constitution: Article V, Sections 2, 3 and 4. The amendment would authorize the chief justice of the supreme court to request retired justices to sit on the supreme court when needed; it would increase the terms of office of both justices and judges to 10 years; it would provide minimum salaries for justices and judges at not less than presently provided by law; and it would provide for related changes.	a	146,762 (75%)	48,762 (25%)
CCRCA	Amendment 17	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article VI, Section 3. The amendment would relate the state debt limit to general fund revenues instead of real property values; it would increase both state and county debt limits; and it would provide for related changes.	a	141,042 (72%)	54,467 (28%)
CCRCA	Amendment 18	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed three additions to the constitution: Article VI, Sections 4 and 5, and Article XVI, new section. The amendment would provide that, beginning July 1, 1971, state budgets and appropriations be on a biennial instead of annual basis, with annual review of appropriation; and for related changes.	a	149,109 (76%)	46,429 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 19	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article VII, Section 2, and Article XVI, new section. The amendment would authorize each political subdivision to frame and adopt a charter for its own self-government within such limits and under such procedures as may be prescribed by general law; it would provide that the proscribed procedures would not require approval for a charter by a legislative body; it would provide for a superiority of certain charter provisions to statutory provisions, subject to the authority of the legislature to enact general laws allocating and reallocating powers and functions, and for related changes. It would also stipulate that a transitional section provide an effective date of amendments, which would be on the first day of January after three full calendar years have elapsed following their ratification and would apply to all county charters.	a	154,658 (79%)	40,857 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 2	Redistricting policy; Administration of government	The amendment proposed several additions to the constitution: Article III, Sections 2 and 4, and new sections in Article XVI. The amendment would establish a commission to reapportion the number of legislators among and within basic island units on the registered voters basis every eight years beginning in 1973 and at such a time to redistrict where necessary according to the criteria provided; it would provide for the commission to be constituted on or before March 1, 1969, if the Constitutional Convention plan is not approved by the voters; it would appoint a chief election officer; it would establish two-year terms for Senators elected in 1968; it would each of the proposed apportionment and districting amendments as may be ratified to supersede the legislature’s apportionment plan for the Senate (S.B. No. 1102) to the extent in conflict therewith if the latter is also ratified; it would remove old provisions on senate apportionment based on geography; and provided for related changes.	a	152,962 (78%)	42,468 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 20	Civil service; Collective bargaining	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article XII, Section 2. The amendment would allow public employees to engage in collective bargaining as provided by law.	a	132,968 (68%)	62,692 (32%)
CCRCA	Amendment 21	Administration of government	The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article XIV, Sections 3 and a new section. The amendment would require codes of ethics for all appointed and elected officers and employees of the state or political subdivisions; and would adopt new provisions for disqualification of any person from public employment for disloyalty.	a	153,949 (79%)	41,566 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 22	State constitutional conventions; Administration of government	The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article XV, Sections 2 and a new section. The amendment would provide that, unless provided by the legislature, future constitutional conventions would have the same powers and privileges as the convention of 1968; it would reduce the percentage of the total number registered voters who voted in the majority at a special election from 35 percent to 30 percent; and it would establish rules to resolve and avoid conflicting constitutional revisions and amendments submitted to and approved by the electorate.	a	153,599 (79%)	41,925 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 23	Constitutional wording changes	The amendment proposed that deletions and the rewording of various sections of the constitution be made, where the subject matter has been found to be no longer necessary or unconstitutional under provisions of the constitution of the U.S.; that style changes be made; and all changes not specifically mentioned, which are incidental to and reasonably connected to the main purposes of the amendments proposed by the constitutional convention of the state of Hawaii of 1968, be made.	a	153,967 (79%)	41,550 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 3	Administration of government	The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article III, Section 4, and one new section in Article XVI. The amendment would provide that any basic island unit initially allocated less than a minimum of two Senators and three Representatives be allocated the number necessary to attain such minimums, in which case each Senator and Representative would have a fractional vote; it would provide, as a transitional provision, for the augmentation of Kauai with one additional Senator to attain a minimum of two Senators with fractional votes; and for related changes.	a	148,077 (76%)	47,451 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article I, Section 5. The amendment would guarantee additional protection of the people against unreasonable invasions of privacy.	a	151,603 (78%)	43,927 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 5	Criminal trials; Bail policy	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article I, Section 9. The amendment would permit courts to dispense with bail if they are reasonably satisfied that the defendant or witness would appear when directed, except for a defendant charged with an offense punishable by life imprisonment.	a	145,682 (75%)	49,860 (25%)
CCRCA	Amendment 6	Criminal trials	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article I, Section 11. The amendment would require the state to provide counsel for those who cannot afford counsel in cases where the defendant was charged with an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than 60 days.	a	152,113 (78%)	43,412 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 7	Property; Civil trials	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article I, Section 18. The amendment would guarantee just compensation for private property damaged as well as taken for public use.	a	152,815 (78%)	42,721 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 8	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article II, Section 1. The amendment would lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years.	d	96,283 (49%)	99,257 (51%)
CCRCA	Amendment 9	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed one addition to the constitution: Article II, Section 2. The amendment would restore the right to vote to felons upon their final discharge or earlier as provided by law.	a	128,703 (66%)	66,818 (34%)

1950

See also: Hawaii 1950 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result
	Constitution Ratification Election	State constitution ratification	a

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