List of Hawaii state legislatures

The legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii has convened many times since statehood became effective on August 21, 1959. It continues to operate under the amended 1950 Constitution of Hawaii.

## Legislatures

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Name[1] | Start date  | End date  | Last election

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1st Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1959  | 1962  | July 1959: Senate
2nd Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1963  |  |
3rd Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1965  |  |
4th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1967  |  |
5th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1969  |  |
6th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1971  |  |
7th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1973  |  |
8th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1975  |  |
9th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1977  |  |
10th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1979  |  |
11th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1981  |  |
12th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1983  |  |
13th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1985  |  |
14th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1987  |  |
15th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1989  |  |
16th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1991  |  |
17th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1993  |  |
18th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1995  |  |
19th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1997[2] |  |
20th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 1999  |  |
21st Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2001  |  |
22nd Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2003  |  |
23rd Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2005  |  |
24th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2007  |  |
25th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2009  |  |
26th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2011  |  |
27th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2013  |  | November 2012: House, Senate
28th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2015  |  | November 2014: Senate
29th Hawaii State Legislature | 2017  |  | November 2016: Senate
30th Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2019  |  | November 2018: House, Senate
31st Hawaii state legislature [Wikidata] | 2021  |  | November 2020: House, Senate
32nd Hawaii State Legislature | 2023  |  | November 2022: House, Senate
33rd Hawaii State Legislature | 2025  |  | November 5, 2024:[3] House, Senate
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History of Hawaii

Early history (pre-1795)

|  Discovery and settlement|  c. 1219–1266

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Battle of Kealakekua Bay|  1779

Hawaiian Kingdom (1795–1893)

|  Kamehameha dynasty|  1795–1874

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Unification of Hawaii|  1810
Laplace affair|  1839
Paulet affair|  1943
Great Māhele|  1848
French invasion of Honolulu|  1849
American Civil War|  1861–1865
Kalākaua dynasty|  1874–1893
Honolulu Courthouse riot|  1874
Reciprocity Treaty|  1875
Bayonet Constitution|  1887
Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895)|  1887–1895
Overthrow|  1893

Provisional (1893–1894)

|  Leper War on Kauaʻi|  1893

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Black Week|  1893–1894

Republic of Hawaii (1894–1898)

|  Counter-Revolution| 1895

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Annexation|  1898

Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959)

|  Hawaiian Organic Act|  1900

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Oahu sugar strike|  1920
Hanapēpē Massacre|  1924
Massie Trial|  1932
World War II|  1939–1945
Attack on Pearl Harbor|  1941
Niihau incident|  1941
Martial law|  1941-1944
Honouliuli Internment Camp|  1943–1946
Democratic Revolution|  1954

State of Hawaii (1959–present)

|  Hawaii Admission Act|  1959

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Kalama Valley protests|  1971
State Constitutional Convention|  1978
Xerox murders|  1999
Occupation of Iolani Palace|  2008
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs|  2009
Honolulu molasses spill|  2013
TMT protests|  2014–now
False missile alert|  2018
Hurricane Lane|  2018
COVID-19 pandemic|  2020–present
George Floyd protests|  2020
Red Hill water crisis|  2021–now
Hawaii wildfires|  2023

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## See also

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* List of speakers of the Hawaii House of Representatives
* List of presidents of the Hawaii Senate
* List of governors of Hawaii
* List of lieutenant governors of Hawaii
* Politics of Hawaii
* Elections in Hawaii
* Hawaii State Capitol
* Historical outline of Hawaii
* Lists of United States state legislative sessions

## References

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1. ^ Records of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii (PDF), Hawaii State Archives, 2007 - via hawaii.gov
2. ^ "Hawaii State Legislature", state.hi.us, archived from the original on February 11, 1997 - via Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Hawaii State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved August 1, 2024

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hawaii State Legislature.

* University of Hawaii. Hawai`i Legal Research: Legislative History
* Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Hawaii State Legislature
* "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Hawaii: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress

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Hawaii legislative sessions by year convened

Territorial legislatures|

* 16th (1931)
* 17th (1933)
* 18th (1935)
* 19th (1937)
* 20th (1939)
* 21st (1941)
* 22nd (1943)
* 23rd (1945)
* 24th (1947)
* 25th (1949)
* 26th (1951)
* 27th (1953)
* 28th (1955)
* 29th (1957)
* 30th (1959)

State legislatures|

* 29th (2016)
* 30th (2018)
* 31st (2020)
* 32nd (2022)

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Lists of past legislatures of the United States

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* United States Congress

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Other legislatures|

* District of Columbia
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