SB 3063 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article IX, Section 5 of the Hawaii Constitution requiring the State to place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and implement this provision by statute.

• Adds language that "The State shall place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and shall implement this provision by statute" to the existing housing and slum clearance provisions of the state constitution.

• Cites the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and notes Hawaii's ongoing housing crisis as justification for elevating housing access to the same constitutional priority level as environmental protection.

• Ballot question will ask voters: "Should the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to require that the State place housing for its residents among its highest priorities and shall implement this provision by statute?"

• Amendment takes effect upon compliance with Article XVII, Section 3 of the Hawaii Constitution.