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This Concurrent Resolution requests the Legislative Reference Bureau, a state agency that provides research and drafting services to the Hawaii Legislature, to conduct a comprehensive study on the potential benefits and drawbacks of switching Hawaii's current two-chamber legislative system, known as a bicameral legislature, to a single-chamber system, called a unicameral legislature, which is currently only used in Nebraska. The study is intended to address public concerns about government accessibility and accountability, explore how a unicameral system might improve efficiency and reduce costs by eliminating duplication, and examine its potential impacts on legislative representation, law stability, accountability, power distribution, decision-making quality, and overall legislative practices, with the findings to be reported to the Legislature by early 2023.