Const. Art. III, §2
Hawaii Senate: Size and Election
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section sets up the Hawaii Senate. It has 25 members, each elected by voters in their own senatorial district. The current district boundaries and how many senators each district gets are listed in the Schedule until the next reapportionment.
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The constitution, as written — Of Senate
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The senate shall be composed of twenty-five members, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the respective senatorial districts. Until the next reapportionment the senatorial districts and the number of senators to be elected from each shall be as set forth in the Schedule. [Am Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968; am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978] Note A proposal of the 1978 Constitutional Convention rewriting this section was not validly ratified. Kahalekai v. Doi, 60 H. 324, 590 P.2d 543. The revisor has deleted the textual changes under the authority of Resolution No. 29 of the 1978 Constitutional Convention. Attorney General Opinions Question of severability of certain provisions from invalid portion of the section discussed. Att. Gen. Op. 64-35. Case Notes Whether senatorial districts may be multi-member, 384 U.S. 73, 86 et seq., upon review of 238 F. Supp. 468, 240 F. Supp. 724.
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