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HI HB 495

died on adjournment

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 495 pass?

No. HI HB 495 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 495 about?

Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of years members may serve in the Legislature to a maximum of sixteen years.

Who sponsors HI HB 495?

IWAMOTO, MATSUMOTO, PERRUSO and 2 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 495.

Description

Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of years members may serve in the Legislature to a maximum of sixteen years.

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • WARDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-21

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

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=495&year=2026

Attribution

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