H.C.R. 60 Summary

• Requests the Legislative Reference Bureau to study how to fairly and equitably include military personnel and their dependents in reapportionment calculations for state legislative districts.

• Directs the study to consider three potential courses of action: defining "permanent resident" to include stationed military and dependents, including all state residents in the population base, or using the U.S. Census population regardless of residency status.

• Notes that Hawaii's current reapportionment method excludes military personnel and is one of only two states (with Kansas) to do so, and appears to be the only state excluding military dependents.

• Highlights the military's significant economic and social role in Hawaii, including $12.2 billion in spending in 2009, 101,533 jobs, and over 15,000 military-connected students in public schools generating $622 million in federal impact aid between 2001-2010.

• Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2013 Regular Session convenes.