THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2248
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PLAN FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUFFICIENT HOUSING INVENTORY TO MEET DEMAND IN THEIR MANAGEMENT OF POPULATION GROWTH.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Article IX, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"MANAGEMENT OF STATE POPULATION GROWTH

Section 6. The State and its political subdivisions, as provided by general law, shall plan and manage the growth of the population to protect and preserve the public health and welfare[;], which shall include planning for the production of sufficient housing inventory to meet projected demand; except that each political subdivision, as provided by general law, may plan and manage the growth of its population in a more restrictive manner than the State. In planning and managing population growth, the State and its political subdivisions shall ensure that housing production is sufficient to meet demand."

SECTION 2. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall the State and its political subdivisions be required to include planning for the production of sufficient housing inventory to meet demand, when planning and managing population growth?"

SECTION 3. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New constitutional material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Constitutional Amendment; Housing; State Population Growth

Description:

Amends the Hawaii Constitution to require the State and its subdivisions to plan the production of sufficient housing inventory to meet demand in their management of population growth.

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