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

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 14, 2026
Last action: Jan 14, 2026 — Prefiled.
Session: 2026
Momentum: 43 · Moderate

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1% Unlikely

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Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 7%, measured from HI's completed sessions
Momentum -2 43/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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