Hawaii Senate

The Hawaiokinai State Senate is the upper chamber of the Hawaiokinai State Legislature which governs from Honolulu, Hawaiokinai, USA. There are twenty-five members from various electoral districts. It is led by the President of the Senate elected from the membership of the Senate, currently Colleen Hanabusa. The forerunner of the Hawaiokinai State Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaiokinai was the House of Nobles. Senators are elected to four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Like in most state legislatures in the United States, the Hawaiokinai State Senate is a part-time body and senators often have active careers outside of government. The lower chamber of the legislature is the Hawaiokinai State House of Representatives.

Make-up of the Senate

List of current members

Capitol

The Hawaiokinai State Senate has been meeting at the Hawaiokinai State Capitol in downtown Honolulu since March 15, 1969. Previous to the decision of Governor John A. Burns to build the new Capitol building, the Hawaiokinai State Senate met in okinaIolani Palace.

External links

* [http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/ Hawaiokinai State Legislature]
** [http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/house/house.asp?press1=house Hawaiokinai State House of Representatives]
** [http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/senate/senate.asp?press1=senate Hawaiokinai State Senate]
* [http://www.hawaii.gov/lrb/ Hawaiokinai State Legislature Legislative Reference Bureau]
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&criteria=upper&state_id=HI Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Hawaii]