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This bill proposes a amendment to the a Citizens' Assembly in Assembly in which a randomly-selected group of 25 twenty-five members review five registered voters who will representative of Hawaii's adult demographics. The Citizens' Assembly Assembly Assembly will convene in July 2026 026 and every held four years after, with the and operates to proposed modifications to to existing law surrounding elections, political operations, campaigns campaign finance, rereap,portionment, legislative process currently, ethics,, and public information information access access. members would be upon randomly principles covering diverse age, gender, ethnic,,,ioand geographical distribution distribution. The legislature would be responsible for determine member specific selection method of member selection election, provide necessary facilities and assembly equipment equipment equipment, and cover associated expenses. The proposed as would allow this citizens assembly to make recommendations recommendations directly to the legislative the with public public participation in governmental process. legal modification. Voters would ultimately decide whether to approve this constitutional amendment through a ballot measure asking whether they support establishing such a citizens assembly with proposed legislative to propose legislative revrecommendationsations.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1557&year=2026