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Hawaii 2026

SB 2152

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Constitutional Amendment, Judges, Mandatory Retirement Age (ConAm)
Introduced / first action
2026-01-14 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges from seventy to seventy‑five years of age. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 325.

  2. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  3. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.

  4. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:00PM; CR 325.

  5. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  6. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  7. Notice of the final form of a bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 3).

  8. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.

  9. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.

  10. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-22-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.

  11. House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Hartsfield Co-Chairs; Belatti, Poepoe, Shimizu.

  12. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  13. Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Fevella.

  14. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714).

    receipt

  15. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 633).

    introduction, receipt

  16. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  17. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  18. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  19. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2075-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  20. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

  21. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.

    deferral

  23. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  24. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  25. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1412-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  26. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matsumoto, Perruso excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  27. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 15

    referral-committee

  30. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  31. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  32. Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1).

  33. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 22) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction, receipt

  34. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2710) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  35. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-26.

  36. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  38. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2154) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  39. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  40. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-26 10:00AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  42. Referred to JDC, WAM.

    referral-committee

  43. Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  44. Pending Introduction.

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