Bill Text: HI SB982 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 982 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Constitution of the State of Hawaii; Amendments Proposed by the Legislature (ConAm)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB982 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB982-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	982
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

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

SECTION 1. Article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY LEGISLATURE

Section 3. The legislature may propose amendments to the constitution by adopting the same, in the manner required for legislation, by a two-thirds vote of each house on final reading at any session, after either or both houses shall have given the governor at least ten days' written notice of the final form of the proposed amendment, or, with or without such notice, by a majority vote of each house on final reading at each of two successive sessions.

Upon such adoption, the proposed amendments shall be entered upon the journals, with the ayes and noes, and published once in each of four successive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each senatorial district wherein such a newspaper is published, within the two months' period immediately preceding the next general election.

At such general election the proposed amendments shall be submitted to the electorate for approval or rejection upon a separate ballot.

The conditions of and requirements for ratification of such proposed amendments shall be the same as provided in section 2 of this article for ratification at a general election[.]; provided that each amendment shall be effective only if approved at a general election by a majority of all the votes tallied upon the question, which shall not include blank or spoiled ballots."

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

"Shall only yes and no votes be counted to determine whether an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii proposed by the legislature is approved by the people?"

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 Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

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

Report Title:

Constitution of the State of Hawaii; Amendments Proposed by the Legislature

Description:

Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that only "yes" and "no" votes be counted in determining whether or not a majority of voters have approved an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii that has been proposed by the Legislature. (SB982 HD1)

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