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HI HB 140

died on adjournment

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 4 AND 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 140 pass?

No. HI HB 140 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 140 about?

Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census for the respective reapportionment year, rather than the permanent resident population.

Who sponsors HI HB 140?

QUINLAN is the primary sponsor of HI HB 140.

Description

Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census for the respective reapportionment year, rather than the permanent resident population.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • QUINLANprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-21

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-01-14

    Prefiled.

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=140&year=2026

Attribution

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