Hawaii constitution

Section 1 - All political power of this State is inherent in the...

Section 2 - All persons are free by nature and are equal in...

Section 3 - Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied...

Section 4 - No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of religion,...

Section 5 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...

Section 7 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 8 - No citizen shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of...

Section 9 - No citizen shall be denied enlistment in any military organization...

Section 10 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital...

Section 11 - Whenever a grand jury is impaneled, there shall be an...

Section 12 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 13 - In suits at common law where the value in controversy...

Section 14 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...

Section 15 - The power of suspending the privilege of the writ of...

Section 16 - The military shall be held in strict subordination to the...

Section 17 - A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of...

Section 18 - No soldier or member of the militia shall, in time...

Section 19 - There shall be no imprisonment for debt.

Section 20 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public...

Section 21 - The power of the State to act in the general...

Section 22 - The enumeration of rights and privileges shall not be construed...

Section 23 - The legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to...

Section 24 - The public has a right of access to registration information...

Section 25 - 2. What constitutes the jury unanimity that is required for...

Section 1 - Every citizen of the United States who shall have attained...

Section 2 - No person who is non compos mentis shall be qualified...

Section 3 - No person shall be deemed to have gained or lost...

Section 4 - The legislature shall provide for the registration of voters and...

Section 5 - The legislature shall establish a campaign fund to be used...

Section 6 - Limitations on campaign contributions to any political candidate, or authorized...

Section 7 - Any elected public officer shall resign from that office before...

Section 8 - General elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after...

Section 9 - A presidential preference primary may be held as provided by...

Section 10 - Contested elections shall be determined by a court of competent...

Section 1 - The legislative power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The senate shall be composed of twenty-five members, who shall...

Section 3 - The house of representatives shall be composed of fifty-one members,...

Section 4 - Each member of the legislature shall be elected at an...

Section 5 - Any vacancy in the legislature shall be filled for the...

Section 6 - No person shall be eligible to serve as a member...

Section 7 - No member of the legislature shall be held to answer...

Section 8 - No member of the legislature shall hold any other public...

Section 9 - The members of the legislature shall receive allowances reasonably related...

Section 10 - All sessions shall be held in the capital of the...

Section 11 - Neither house shall adjourn during any session of the legislature...

Section 12 - By rule of its proceedings, applicable to both houses, each...

Section 13 - A majority of the number of members to which each...

Section 14 - No law shall be passed except by bill. Each law...

Section 15 - Any bill pending at the final adjournment of a regular...

Section 16 - In computing the number of days designated in this section,...

Section 17 - Upon the receipt of a veto message from the governor,...

Section 18 - Any person charged with such an offense shall be informed...

Section 19 - Judgments in cases of impeachment shall not extend beyond removal...

Section 1 - The year 1973, the year 1981, and every tenth year...

Section 2 - The chief election officer shall be secretary of the commission...

Section 3 - The legislature shall provide for a chief election officer of...

Section 4 - The commission shall allocate the total number of members of...

Section 5 - The representation of any basic island unit initially allocated less...

Section 6 - 8. Where practicable, submergence of an area in a larger...

Section 7 - Regardless of whether or not a senator is serving a...

Section 8 - The reapportionment commission shall, as part of the reapportionment plan,...

Section 9 - The commission shall, at such times as may be required...

Section 10 - Original jurisdiction is vested in the supreme court of the...

Section 1 - The governor shall not hold any other office or employment...

Section 2 - There shall be a lieutenant governor who shall have the...

Section 4 - In the event of the impeachment of the governor or...

Section 5 - The governor shall appoint an administrative director to serve at...

Section 6 - Every officer appointed under the provisions of this section shall...

Section 1 - The judicial power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and...

Section 3 - Justices and judges shall be retired upon attaining the age...

Section 4 - The judicial selection commission shall be attached to the judiciary...

Section 5 - The supreme court shall create a commission on judicial discipline...

Section 6 - The chief justice of the supreme court shall be the...

Section 7 - The supreme court shall have power to promulgate rules and...

Section 1 - The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or...

Section 2 - In enacting any law imposing a tax on or measured...

Section 3 - There shall be a tax review commission, which shall be...

Section 4 - No tax shall be levied or appropriation of public money...

Section 5 - No public money shall be expended except pursuant to appropriations...

Section 6 - Whenever the state general fund balance at the close of...

Section 7 - There shall be established by law a council on revenues...

Section 8 - Within such time prior to the opening of each regular...

Section 9 - Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the legislature shall...

Section 10 - The legislature, by a majority vote of each house in...

Section 11 - All appropriations for which the source is general obligation bond...

Section 12 - separately authorized as aforesaid, in the total amount not exceeding...

Section 13 - Nothing in section 12 or in this section shall prevent...

Section 1 - The legislature shall create counties, and may create other political...

Section 2 - A law may qualify as a general law even though...

Section 3 - The taxing power shall be reserved to the State, except...

Section 4 - No law shall be passed mandating any political subdivision to...

Section 5 - If any new program or increase in the level of...

Section 6 - This article shall not limit the power of the legislature...

Section 1 - The State shall provide for the protection and promotion of...

Section 2 - The State shall have the power to provide for the...

Section 3 - The State shall have the power to provide financial assistance,...

Section 4 - The State shall have the power to provide for the...

Section 5 - The State shall have the power to provide for, or...

Section 6 - The State and its political subdivisions, as provided by general...

Section 7 - The State shall have the power to conserve and develop...

Section 8 - The State shall have the power to promote and maintain...

Section 9 - The State shall have the power to preserve and develop...

Section 10 - The State shall have the power to provide for the...

Section 1 - 2. Not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools,...

Section 2 - There shall be a board of education. The governor shall...

Section 3 - The board of education shall have the power, as provided...

Section 4 - The State shall provide for a Hawaiian education program consisting...

Section 5 - The University of Hawaii is hereby established as the state...

Section 6 - There shall be a board of regents of the University...

Section 1 - All public natural resources are held in trust by the...

Section 2 - The mandatory provisions of this section shall not apply to...

Section 3 - Lands identified by the State as important agricultural lands needed...

Section 4 - The State shall have the power to acquire interests in...

Section 5 - The legislative power over the lands owned by or under...

Section 6 - All fisheries in the sea waters of the State not...

Section 7 - The legislature shall provide for a water resources agency which,...

Section 8 - No nuclear fission power plant shall be constructed or radioactive...

Section 9 - Each person has the right to a clean and healthful...

Section 10 - The public lands shall be used for the development of...

Section 11 - The State of Hawaii asserts and reserves its rights and...

Section 1 - Thirty percent of the state receipts derived from the leasing...

Section 2 - The State and its people do hereby accept, as a...

Section 3 - As a compact with the United States relating to the...

Section 4 - The lands granted to the State of Hawaii by Section...

Section 5 - There is hereby established an Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The...

Section 6 - The board of trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs...

Section 7 - The State reaffirms and shall protect all rights, customarily and...

Section 1 - Persons in private employment shall have the right to organize...

Section 2 - Persons in public employment shall have the right to organize...

Section 1 - The State of Hawaii shall consist of all the islands,...

Section 2 - Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, shall be the capital...

Section 3 - The Hawaiian flag shall be the flag of the State.

Section 4 - English and Hawaiian shall be the official languages of Hawaii,...

Section 5 - The motto of the State shall be, "Ua mau ke...

Section 1 - The employment of persons in the civil service, as defined...

Section 2 - Membership in any employees' retirement system of the State or...

Section 3 - No person shall hold any public office or employment who...

Section 4 - All eligible public officers, before entering upon the duties of...

Section 5 - The legislature may provide for cooperation on the part of...

Section 6 - The United States shall be vested with or retain title...

Section 7 - Any trust provisions which the Congress shall impose, upon the...

Section 8 - All provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 18,...

Section 9 - No taxes shall be imposed by the State upon any...

Section 10 - All provisions of the act or resolution admitting this State...

Section 11 - All those provisions of the act or resolution admitting this...

Section 12 - No person shall be deprived of title to an estate...

Section 13 - Insofar as practicable, all governmental writing meant for the public,...

Section 14 - Titles and subtitles shall not be used for purposes of...

Section 15 - The enumeration in this constitution of specified powers shall not...

Section 16 - The provisions of this constitution shall be self-executing to the...

Section 1 - Revisions of or amendments to this constitution may be proposed...

Section 2 - The provisions of this section shall be self-executing, but the...

Section 3 - The conditions of and requirements for ratification of such proposed...

Section 4 - No proposal for amendment of the constitution adopted in either...

Section 5 - If a revision or amendment proposed by a constitutional convention...

Section 2 - Article III, Section 4, to the contrary notwithstanding, the terms...

Section 4 - The amendments to Sections 1 and 2 of Article V...

Section 5 - The three members initially appointed to the judicial selection commission...

Section 6 - Real property tax exemptions and dedications of land for specific...

Section 7 - Members elected to the board of education in the 1978...

Section 8 - The legislature shall provide for the implementation of the amendments...

Section 9 - Except as otherwise provided by amendments to this constitution, all...

Section 10 - The debts and liabilities of the Territory shall be assumed...

Section 11 - Requirements as to residence, citizenship or other status or qualifications...

Closing - This constitution shall take effect and be in full force...