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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

applying to Congress, as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America, to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a Member of congress.

WHEREAS, sixteen states across the nation have imposed term limits for state legislators; and

WHEREAS, federal term limits have been continually discussed and proposed by federal legislators, including H.J.Res.12 recently introduced by U.S. Representative Norman of South Carolina on January 6, 2025; and

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States provides that Congress must call a convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution on application by at least two-thirds of the states demanding such an action; and

WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Hawaii joins with other states in asserting rights and responsibilities under Article V of the Constitution of the United States with regard to proposing amendments; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2026, the Senate concurring, that the legislature of the State of Hawaii hereby makes an application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America, to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a Member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED this application shall be considered as covering the same subject matter as the applications from other States to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be aggregated with same for the purposes of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same subject; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States, the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and the members of the said Senate and House of Representatives from this State; also to transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several States, requesting their cooperation.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Congress; Term Limits; Application; Constitution; Article V

Source: Hawaiʻi State Legislature · Retrieved Nov 8, 2026 · Source document ↗

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