The Protection of Individual Rights Under Hawai`i's Constitution. 14 UH L. Rev. 311.

Articles III and XVII of the Hawaii constitution require that (1) a proposal to amend the constitution must be reflected in the title of the bill and (2) a proposed constitutional amendment must be read three times in each house to be validly adopted; where Act 60, L 2004, violated these requirements, Act was not validly adopted. ___ H. ___ (No. 26962).

Section 1. All political power of this State is inherent in the people and the responsibility for the exercise thereof rests with the people. All government is founded on this authority. [Am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]