Const. Art. XVIII, §11
Other Qualifications
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if you met Hawaii's residency, citizenship, or other qualifications while it was a U.S. territory, those count as meeting the same requirements under the state constitution. It only covers this transition from territorial to state status.
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The constitution, as written — Other Qualifications
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.
Requirements as to residence, citizenship or other status or qualifications in or under the State prescribed by this constitution shall be satisfied pro tanto by corresponding residence, citizenship or other status or qualifications in or under the Territory. [Ren Const Con 1968 and election Nov 5, 1968; ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978] EFFECTIVE DATE This constitution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon the admission of Hawaii into the Union as a State. Done in Convention, at Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii, on the twenty-second day of July, in the year one thousand nine hundred fifty and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth.
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