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TAOMAE v. LINGLE

No. 26962.

118 P.3d 1188 (2005)

Patrick Y. TAOMAE, Barbara L. Franklin, Gene Bridges, Nan Kaaumoana, A. Joris Watland, George Harris, Hacksoon Andrea Low, Esther Solomon, Richard G. Chisholm, Michael J. Golojuch, Christopher A. Verleye, Heather K.L. Conahan, Juliet Begley, Pamela G. Lichty, Sheryl L. Nicholson, Eric G. Schnedier, Carolyn M. Golojuch; Colin Yost, William A. Harrison, Norman V. Bode, Rodney E. Aiu, Richard C. Jackson, Theodore N. Isaac, Mark R. Ewald, Rev. Michael G. Young, Paula F. Myers, Louis Rosof, Joan H. Rich, Susan L. Arnett, Pamela O'Leary Tower, David Bettencourt, Lunsford Dole Phillips, Mary Anne Scheele, Raymond Scheele, Robert P. McPherson, Jean A. Evans, Donald E. Evans, and Arthur E. Ross, Plaintiffs v. Linda LINGLE, in her official capacity as Governor of the State of Hawai`i; and Dwayne D. Yoshina, in his official capacity as Chief Election Officer for the State of Hawai`i, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Amended September 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois K. Perrin, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation; (Earle A. Partington, Honolulu, on the briefs) for Plaintiffs.

Mark Bennett, Attorney General of Hawai`i; (Charleen M. Aina & Russell A. Suzuki, Deputy Attorneys General, with him on the briefs) for Defendants.

Susan Jaworowski (Senate Majority Attorney) and Richard Dvonch (Chief Attorney of the House of Representatives), Honolulu, for Amicus Curiae The Legislature of the State of Hawai`i.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We conclude that articles III and XVII of the Hawai`i Constitution require that (1) a proposal to amend the constitution must be reflected in the title of the bill and (2) a proposed constitutional amendment must be read three times in each house to be validly adopted. For the reasons stated herein, we determine that House Bill 2789, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, 2004 Haw. Sess. L. Act 60 at 301 [hereinafter, H.B. 2789, H.D. 1, S...

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