Taomae v. Lingle

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We conclude that articles III and XVII of the Hawai'i Constitution require that (1) a proposal to amend the constitution must be reflected in the title of the bill and (2) a proposed constitutional amendment must be read three times in each house to be validly adopted. For the reasons stated herein, we determine that House Bill 2789, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, 2004 Haw. Sess. L. Act 60 at 301 [hereinafter, H.B. 2789, H.D. 1, S.D. 1] violated these requirements.

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In this original proceeding, thirty-eight 1 registered voters of the State of Hawai'i…