HI SB124

Proposes constitutional amendment to change Hawaii's reapportionment method from using "permanent residents" to using total resident population as counted in the decennial U.S. Census.

Amends Article IV, Sections 4 and 6 of the Hawaii State Constitution to base legislative district allocation and apportionment on census data rather than extracting non-permanent residents from the count.

Addresses exclusion of military members, their dependents, and college students from reapportionment calculations, which currently results in unequal district-to-district representation.

Aligns Hawaii with 47 other states that use U.S. Census "usual resident" data for reapportionment purposes; Kansas abandoned its similar permanent resident method in 2019 following voter approval.

Ballot question asks voters whether to base reapportionment on total residents from the U.S. Census rather than permanent residents only.