Const. Art. IX, §6
State Population Growth Planning
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the State and its local governments must plan and manage population growth to protect public health and welfare. Local governments may make their own growth plans stricter than the State's, but only as allowed by general law.
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The constitution, as written — Of State Population Growth
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 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; 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.
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