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The '''Hawaii Limitations on Independent Expenditures Amendment''' may appear on the [[Hawaii 2024 ballot measures|ballot]] in [[Hawaii]] as a {{lrcafull}} on [[Hawaii 2024 ballot measures|November 5, 2024]].
The '''Hawaii Limitations on Independent Expenditures Amendment''' {{Greener | start =11/5/2024 9:30pm MST | before = is|after = was}} not on the [[Hawaii 2024 ballot measures|ballot]] in [[Hawaii]] as a {{lrcafull}} on [[Hawaii 2024 ballot measures|November 5, 2024]].


The measure would allow the state legislature to enact laws limiting independent expenditures made by noncandidate committees.<ref name=Bill>[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=467&year=2023 ''Hawaii Legislature'', "Senate Bill 467 (2023)," accessed March 8, 2023]</ref>
The measure would have allowed the state legislature to enact laws limiting independent expenditures made by noncandidate committees.<ref name=Bill>[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=467&year=2023 ''Hawaii Legislature'', "Senate Bill 467 (2023)," accessed March 8, 2023]</ref>


==Text of measure==
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===2023 legislative session===
===2023 legislative session===
This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 467 on January 20, 2023. The measure was passed by the Senate on March 7, 2023, by a vote of 24-0 with one member excused.<ref name=Bill/>
This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 467 on January 20, 2023. The measure was passed by the Senate on March 7, 2023, by a vote of 24-0 with one member excused. The measure was not passed by the House before the legislature adjourned the 2023 session.<ref name=Bill/>


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Latest revision as of 23:27, 8 May 2023

Hawaii Limitations on Independent Expenditures Amendment
Flag of Hawaii.png
Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Elections and campaigns and Campaign finance
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Hawaii Limitations on Independent Expenditures Amendment was not on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

The measure would have allowed the state legislature to enact laws limiting independent expenditures made by noncandidate committees.[1]

Text of measure

The full text is available here.

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.

2023 legislative session

This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 467 on January 20, 2023. The measure was passed by the Senate on March 7, 2023, by a vote of 24-0 with one member excused. The measure was not passed by the House before the legislature adjourned the 2023 session.[1]

Vote in the Hawaii State Senate
March 7, 2023
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
Total2401
Total percent96.00%0.00%4.00%
Democrat2201
Republican200

See also

External links

Footnotes