HI SR180

Requests the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study examining potential positive and negative consequences of implementing term limits for Hawaii Legislature members

Study must be completed and reported to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2023 Regular Session convenes

Notes that 15 states have imposed term limits on state legislators, 36 states on governors, and 33 states on Congressional members

References the 1974 Hawaii election under spending limits, when 43% of House representatives and 32% of Senate members elected were new to the Legislature

Cites concerns that high campaign expenses for nonincumbents reduce seriously contested races and may increase voter apathy