Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Every Hawaii voter decides these 2. Each page has the official ballot title word for word, what a yes or no vote does, and links to the full text.

• Question 1: More time for the Senate to act on judges More time for the state Senate to confirm judgesmajority, and half of all ballots, to pass

  Biggest change: For judges picked between April 1 and December 31, the Senate gets 60 days instead of 30 to reject the pick.

• Question 2: RISE bonds for housing infrastructure RISE bonds: counties borrow for housing infrastructure, repaid from new property tax growthmajority, and half of all ballots, to pass

  Biggest change: Adds "resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds" to the kinds of county borrowing the constitution allows, and directs the Legislature to authorize them by law..

Both questions were placed on the ballot by the Legislature and amend the Hawaii Constitution. Each passes only if yes votes beat no votes AND yes votes equal at least half of all ballots cast. Blank and overvoted ballots count in the all-ballots test but not in the yes-versus-no comparison, so a blank is not exactly a no: exactly half of all ballots can be enough if yes beats no (for example 50 yes, 49 no and 1 blank passes, while 50 yes and 50 no fails). Source: Office of Elections: 2026 proposed amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution ↗.