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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR A CITIZENS ASSEMBLY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITIZENS ASSEMBLY TO PROPOSE to the legislature CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY REVISIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE LAWS GOVERNING ELECTIONS, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, CAMPAIGN FINANCE, ETHICS, REFERENDUM, REAPPORTIONMENT, LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 2. The Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new article to be designated and to read as follows:
"ARTICLE II.A
Citizens Assembly
Section 1. There shall be established a citizens
assembly to consider and propose to the legislature constitutional and
statutory revisions or amendments to the laws governing elections, political
campaigns, campaign finance, reapportionment, legislative process, ethics and
public access to information.
The
citizens assembly shall be composed of twenty‑five members who are
registered voters in the State and who are selected at random from population
categories that are broadly representative of the adult population of the State
as to age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and geographical distribution.
Section
2. The citizens
assembly shall convene in 2025, starting in July, and every four years
thereafter, and shall disband after the next general election. The citizens assembly shall provide the
public with the opportunity to make recommendations to the citizens assembly,
in writing, orally at public meetings or by other means.
The legislature shall provide for the
method for selecting the members of the citizens assembly, the necessary
facilities and equipment for the assembly and for expenses incurred in the
conduct of the assembly."
SECTION
3. The question to be printed on the
ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the state constitution be
amended to provide for a citizens assembly and to authorize the citizens
assembly to propose to the legislature constitutional and statutory revisions
or amendments to the laws governing elections, political campaigns, campaign
finance, reapportionment, legislative process, ethics, and public access to
information?"
SECTION 4. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Citizen Assembly
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for a citizens assembly and to authorize the citizens assembly to propose to the Legislature constitutional and statutory revisions or amendments to the laws governing elections, political campaigns, campaign finance, ethics, referendum, reapportionment, legislative process, and public access to information.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.