Const. Art. IV, §7
Senate Terms End at Reapportionment Election
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that every state senator's term ends at the general election when a new voting-district plan takes effect, even if the term would have lasted longer. After that, each district's senator terms are recalculated based on the new plan.
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The constitution, as written — Of Senators After Reapportionment
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.
Regardless of whether or not a senator is serving a term that would have extended past the general election at which an apportionment plan becomes effective, the term of office of all senators shall end at that general election. The staggered terms of senators in each district shall be recomputed as established by the next section in this article, and the number of senators in a senatorial district under the reapportionment plan of the commission. [Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978; am SB 2234 (1992) and election Nov 3, 1992; am HB 1 (2000 2d) and election Nov 7, 2000] Revision Note Renumbered from section 6 under the authority of Resolution No. 29 of the 1978 Constitutional Convention.
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