HAWAII CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE III
THE LEGISLATURE
Art. III §1 | LEGISLATURE POWER
Art. III §2 | COMPOSITION OF SENATE
Art. III §3 | COMPOSITION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Art. III §4 | ELECTION OF MEMBERS; TERM
Art. III §5 | VACANCIES
Art. III §6 | QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
Art. III §7 | PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS
Art. III §8 | DISQUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
Art. III §9 | LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE
Art. III §10 | SESSIONS
At the written request of two-thirds of the members to which each house is entitled, the presiding officers of both houses shall convene the legislature in special session. At the written request of two-thirds of the members of the senate, the president of the senate shall convene the senate in special session for the purpose of carrying out its responsibility established by Section 3 of Article VI. The governor may convene both houses or the senate alone in special session.
Regular sessions shall be limited to a period of sixty days, and special sessions shall be limited to a period of thirty days. Any session may be extended a total of not more than fifteen days. Such extension shall be granted by the presiding officers of both houses at the written request of two-thirds of the members to which each house is entitled or may be granted by the governor.
Each regular session shall be recessed for not less than five days at some period between the twentieth and fortieth days of the regular session. The legislature shall determine the dates of the mandatory recess by concurrent resolution. Any session may be recessed by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members to which each house is entitled. Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, the days in mandatory recess and any days in recess pursuant to a concurrent resolution shall be excluded in computing the number of days of any session.
All sessions shall be held in the capital of the State. In case the capital shall be unsafe, the governor may direct that any session be held at some other place.
Art. III §11 | ADJOURNMENT
Art. III §12 | ORGANIZATION; DISCIPLINE; RULES; PROCEDURE
Twenty days after a bill has been referred to a committee in either house, the bill may be recalled from such committee by the affirmative vote of one-third of the members to which such house is entitled.
Every meeting of a committee in either house or of a committee comprised of a member or members from both houses held for the purpose of making decision on matters referred to the committee shall be open to the public.
By rule of its proceedings, applicable to both houses, each house shall provide for the date by which all bills to be considered in a regular session shall be introduced.
Art. III §13 | QUORUM; COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
Art. III §14 | BILLS; ENACTMENT
Art. III §15 | PASSAGE OF BILLS
Every bill when passed by the house in which it originated, or in which amendments thereto shall have originated, shall immediately be certified by the presiding officer and clerk and sent to the other house for consideration.
Any bill pending at the final adjournment of a regular session in an odd-numbered year shall carry over with the same status to the next regular session. Before the carried-over bill is enacted, it shall pass at least one reading in the house in which the bill originated.
Art. III §16 | APPROVAL OR VETO RECONSIDERATION AFTER ADJOURNMENT
The governor shall have ten days to consider bills presented to the governor ten or more days before the adjournment of the legislature sine die, and if any such bill is neither signed nor returned by the governor within that time, it shall become law in like manner as if the governor had signed it.
RECONSIDERATION AFTER ADJOURNMENT
The governor shall have forty-five days, after the adjournment of the legislature sine die, to consider bills presented to the governor less than ten days before such adjournment, or presented after adjournment, and any such bill shall become law on the forty-fifth day unless the governor by proclamation shall have given ten days’ notice to the legislature that the governor plans to return such bill with the governor’s objections on that day. The legislature may convene at or before noon on the forty-fifth day in special session, without call, for the sole purpose of acting upon any such bill returned by the governor. In case the legislature shall fail to so convene, such bill shall not become law. Any such bill may be amended to meet the governor’s objections and, if so amended and passed, only one reading being required in each house for such passage, it shall be presented again to the governor, but shall become law only if the governor shall sign it within ten days after presentation.In computing the number of days designated in this section, the following days shall be excluded: Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and any days in which the legislature is in recess prior to its adjournment as provided in section 10 of this article.
Art. III §17 | PROCEDURES UPON VETO
Art. III §18 | PUNISHMENT OF NONMEMBERS
Any person charged with such an offense shall be informed in writing of the charge made against the person and have opportunity to present evidence and be heard in the person’s own defense.
Art. III §19 | IMPEACHMENT
The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment of the governor and lieutenant governor and the senate the sole power to try such impeachments, and no such officer shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the senate. When sitting for that purpose, the members of the senate shall be on oath or affirmation and the chief justice shall preside. Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the legislature may provide for the manner and procedure of removal by impeachment of such officers.
The legislature shall by law provide for the manner and procedure of removal by impeachment of the appointive officers.
Judgments in cases of impeachment shall not extend beyond removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the State; but the person convicted may nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment as provided by law.
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