Reapportionment Commission
Reapportionment ensures each political district has been created equally using census data. Reapportionment is conducted every ten (10) years following the census. The Commission will review the distribution of the population and re-draw the political districts to ensure that citizens are equally represented.
2021 Reapportionment Commission
Date | Time | Location | Agenda |
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No meeting scheduled at this time |
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Maps of the 2021 Reapportionment Plan and Metes and Bounds
County | District Boundary Descriptions |
County of Hawaii | Metes and Bounds |
County of Maui | Metes and Bounds |
County of Kauai | Metes and Bounds |
City & County of Honolulu | Metes and Bounds |
Shapefiles (District boundaries for use with GIS and mapping software.)
The Reapportionment Commission is composed of the following:
- Two (2) members are selected by the Senate President
- Two (2) members are selected by the House Speaker
- Two (2) members are selected by a member of the Senate who is chosen by his/her peers who belong to a different political party from the Senate President
- Two (2) members are selected by a member of the House who is chosen by his/her peers who belong to a different political party from the House Speaker
- One (1) member is selected by three-fourths vote (6 votes) of the Reapportionment Commission to serve as Chairperson
Name | Appointing Authority |
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Chair Mark M. Mugiishi, M.D. | |
Charlotte Nekota | President of the Senate |
Randall Nishimura | President of the Senate |
Grant Y. M. Chun | Speaker of the House |
Diane T. Ono | Speaker of the House |
Robin Kennedy | Senate Minority Leader |
Kevin Rathbun | Senate Minority Leader |
Cal Chipchase | House Minority Leader |
Dylan Nonaka | House Minority Leader |
Notice of Advisory Council meetings may be viewed here.
An Advisory Council from each basic island unit is established to serve in an advisory capacity to the commission for matters affecting its island unit. Each of the four (4) officials designated as selecting authorities for the commission, will also select one person for each basic island unit. Each council will elect its own chairperson and may elect other officers.
The basic island units are:
- Island of Hawaii
- Islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kahoolawe
- Islands of Kauai and Niihau
- Island of Oahu
Name | Island Representation | Appointing Authority |
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Steven Pavao | Hawaii | President of the Senate |
Amy W. Miwa | Hawaii | Speaker of the House |
Marlene Murray | Hawaii | Senate Minority Leader |
Jame K. Schaedel | Hawaii | House Minority Leader |
Anthony Takitani | Maui | President of the Senate |
Agnes Macadangdang Hayashi | Maui | Speaker of the House |
Robert Stephenson | Maui | Senate Minority Leader |
George Fontaine | Maui | House Minority Leader |
Christopher Nii | Kauai | President of the Senate |
Hermina Morita | Kauai | Speaker of the House |
Laurie Yoshida | Kauai | Senate Minority Leader |
Maryanne Kusaka | Kauai | House Minority Leader |
Alan Takemoto | Oahu | President of the Senate |
Jennifer Wilbur | Oahu | Speaker of the House |
Ginger K. Toma | Oahu | Senate Minority Leader |
Lynn Finnegan | Oahu | House Minority Leader |
Due to COVID-19, on February 12, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced a delay in the delivery of the 2020 redistricting data that would be necessary for the Commission to meet these deadlines. As a result, on July 7, 2021, the Hawaii State Supreme Court granted the State of Hawaii’s petition to extend these deadlines. The Commission is required to: “(1) issue a public notice of the Commission’s proposed legislative and congressional reapportionment plans no later than January 8, 2022; and (2) file its final legislative and congressional reapportionment plans with the Chief Election Officer no later than February 27, 2022.” View the Hawaii State Supreme Court’s Order here
Redistricting Plans
- Comparison maps of each publicly submitted congressional plan with the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission proposed plan.
- Proposed Final District Maps - PDF
- Proposed Final District Maps - Interactive Map
STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE SENATE
Section 8. The reapportionment commission shall, as part of the reapportionment plan, assign two-year terms for twelve senate seats for the election immediately following the adoption of the reapportionment plan. The remaining seats shall be assigned four-year terms. Insofar as practicable, the commission shall assign the two-year terms to senate seats so that the resident population of each senate district shall have no more than two regular senate elections for a particular senate seat within the six-year period beginning in the even-numbered year prior to the reapportionment year; provided that in the event of a multi-member senate district, the senators elected with the highest number of votes in that district in the election immediately following the adoption of the reapportionment plan shall fill the senate seats in that district which were assigned the four-year terms by the commission.[Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978; am HB 572 (1987) and election Nov 8, 1988; am SB 2234 (1992) and election Nov 3,1992;am HB 1(20002d) and election Nov 7, 2000]
Revision Note: Renumbered from section 7 under the authority of Resolution No. 29 of the 1978 Constitutional Convention.
- Proposed District Maps - PDF
- Proposed District Maps - Interactive Map
- Comparison maps of each publicly submitted district plan with the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission proposed plan
- Hawaii House
- Oahu Senate
- Oahu House
- Publicly submitted District Maps - Interactive Map
- Proposed Final District Maps - PDF
STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE SENATE
Section 8. The reapportionment commission shall, as part of the reapportionment plan, assign two-year terms for twelve senate seats for the election immediately following the adoption of the reapportionment plan. The remaining seats shall be assigned four-year terms. Insofar as practicable, the commission shall assign the two-year terms to senate seats so that the resident population of each senate district shall have no more than two regular senate elections for a particular senate seat within the six-year period beginning in the even-numbered year prior to the reapportionment year; provided that in the event of a multi-member senate district, the senators elected with the highest number of votes in that district in the election immediately following the adoption of the reapportionment plan shall fill the senate seats in that district which were assigned the four-year terms by the commission.[Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978; am HB 572 (1987) and election Nov 8, 1988; am SB 2234 (1992) and election Nov 3,1992;am HB 1(20002d) and election Nov 7, 2000]
Revision Note: Renumbered from section 7 under the authority of Resolution No. 29 of the 1978 Constitutional Convention.
- Proposed Final District Maps - Interactive Map
- Changed Areas Interactive Maps
- Current District Maps - PDF
- Proposed District Maps - PDF
- Proposed District Maps - Interactive Map
- Comparison maps of each publicly submitted district plan with the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission proposed plan
- Hawaii House
- Maui Senate
- Maui House
- Oahu Senate
- Oahu House
- Publicly submitted District Maps - Interactive Map
Island | Location | Address |
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Hawaii | Hawaii County Clerk's Office | 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI 96720 |
Hawaii | Hawaii County Clerk's Office | 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 |
Hawaii | Hilo Public Library | 300 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 |
Hawaii | University of Hawaii at Hilo Library | 200 W Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720 |
Hawaii | Kailua-Kona Public Library | 75-138 Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 |
Hawaii | Kealakekua Public Library | 81-6619 Mamalahoa Highway, Kealakekua, HI 96750 |
Hawaii | Keaau Public & School Library | 16-571 Keaau-Pahoa Road, Keaau, HI 96749 |
Hawaii | Laupahoehoe Public & School Library | 35-2065 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Laupahoehoe, HI 96764 |
Hawaii | Naalehu Public Library | 95-5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Naalehu, HI 96772 |
Hawaii | Pahoa Public & School Library | 15-3070 Pahoa-Kalapana Road, Pahoa, HI 96778 |
Hawaii | Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library | 67-1209 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743 |
Maui | Maui County Clerk's Office | 200 S High Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 |
Maui | Hana Public & School Library | 4111 Hana Highway, Hana, HI 96713 |
Maui | Lahaina Public Library | 680 Wharf Street, Lahaina, HI 96761 |
Molokai | Molokai Public Library | 15 Ala Malama Avenue, Kaunakakai, HI 96748 |
Lanai | Lanai Public & School Library | 555 Fraser Avenue, Lanai City, HI 96763 |
Kauai | Kauai County Clerk's Office | 4386 Rice Street, Lihue, HI 96766 |
Kauai | Hanapepe Public Library | 4490 Kona Road, Hanapepe, HI 96716 |
Kauai | Kapaa Public Library | 4-1464 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, HI 96746 |
Kauai | Koloa Public & School Library | 3451 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI 96756 |
Kauai | Princeville Public Library | 4343 Emmalani Drive, Princeville, HI 96722 |
Oahu - Central Honolulu | City & County of Honolulu Clerk's Office | 530 S King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 |
Oahu - Central Honolulu | Hawaii State Public Library | 478 S King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 |
Oahu - Central Honolulu | Kaimuki Public Library | 1041 Koko Head Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816 |
Oahu - Leeward/Central | Office of Elections | 802 Lehua Avenue, Pearl City, HI 96782 |
Oahu - Leeward/Central | Kapolei Public Library | 1020 Manawai Street, Kapolei, HI 96707 |
Oahu - Leeward/Central | Mililani Public Library | 95-450 Makaimoimo Street, Mililani, HI 96789 |
Oahu - Leeward/Central | Pearl City Public Library | 1138 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City, HI 96782 |
Oahu - Windward | Kahuku Public & School Library, | 56-490 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, HI 96731 |
Oahu - Windward | Kaneohe Public Library | 45-829 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI 96744 |
Public Hearings
NOTICE OF THE 2021 REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION’S PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT PLANS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED THERETO
Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §§ 25-2 and 1-28.5, the 2021 Reapportionment Commission hereby gives notice that it will be conducting a series of public hearings to afford interested persons an opportunity to submit views, arguments, or data, orally or in writing, related to the proposed reapportionment plans for the Hawaii State Legislature (“Proposed Legislative Plan”) and Hawaii’s two United States Congressional districts (“Proposed Congressional Plan”).
The Proposed Legislative Plan reflects the allocation of the total number of members of each house of the State Legislature “among the four basic island units, namely: (1) the island of Hawaii, (2) the islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kahoolawe, (3) the island of Oahu and all other islands not specifically enumerated, and (4) the islands of Kauai and Niihau, using the total number of permanent residents in each basic island units and computed by the method known as the method of equal proportions: except that no basic island unit shall receive less than one member in each house.” Haw. Const. art. IV, § 4. The Proposed Legislative Plan also reflects the apportionment of single-member districts within each basic island unit and redistricting guided by constitutional criteria. Haw. Const. art. IV, § 6. District lines were drawn to minimize population deviations between districts, preserve traditional communities, avoid canoe districts spanning multiple basic island units, and minimize the disruption to existing districts.
The Proposed Congressional Plan reflects the apportionment of two members among single-member districts so that the average number of persons in the total population counted in the 2020 United States Census per member in each district is as nearly equal as practicable. Haw. Const. art. IV, § 9; Haw. Rev. Stat. § 25-2.
The online location to view the reapportionment plans is elections.hawaii.gov.
Additionally, the following is a list of the locations of each public office where hard copies of the reapportionment plans and maps are available for public inspection:
Hawaii Island
Hawaii County Clerk’s Office, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI 96720
Hawaii County Clerk’s Office, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, HI
96740
Hilo Public Library, 300 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720
University of Hawaii at Hilo Library, 200 W Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720
Kailua-Kona Public Library, 75-138 Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Kealakekua Public Library, 81-6619 Mamalahoa Highway, Kealakekua, HI 96750
Keaau Public & School Library, 16-571 Keaau-Pahoa Road, Keaau, HI 96749
Laupahoehoe Public & School Library, 35-2065 Old Mamalahoa Highway,
Laupahoehoe, HI 96764
Naalehu Public Library, 95-5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Naalehu, HI 96772
Pahoa Public & School Library, 15-3070 Pahoa-Kalapana Road, Pahoa, HI 96778
Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library, 67-1209 Mamalahoa Highway,
Kamuela, HI 96743
Maui, Molokai, and Lanai
Maui County Clerk’s Office, 200 S High Street, Wailuku, HI 96793
Hana Public & School Library, 4111 Hana Highway, Hana, HI 96713
Lahaina Public Library, 680 Wharf Street, Lahaina, HI 96761
Molokai Public Library, 15 Ala Malama Avenue, Kaunakakai, HI 96748
Lanai Public & School Library, 555 Fraser Avenue, Lanai City, HI 96763
Kauai
Kauai County Clerk’s Office, 4386 Rice Street, Lihue, HI 96766
Hanapepe Public Library, 4490 Kona Road, Hanapepe, HI 96716
Kapaa Public Library, 4-1464 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, HI 96746
Koloa Public & School Library, 3451 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI 96756
Princeville Public Library, 4343 Emmalani Drive, Princeville, HI 96722
Central Honolulu
City & County of Honolulu Clerk’s Office, 530 S King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Hawaii State Public Library, 478 S King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Kaimuki Public Library, 1041 Koko Head Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
Leeward/Central Oahu
Office of Elections, 802 Lehua Avenue, Pearl City, HI 96782
Kapolei Public Library, 1020 Manawai Street, Kapolei, HI 96707
Mililani Public Library, 95-450 Makaimoimo Street, Mililani, HI 96789
Pearl City Public Library, 1138 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City, HI 96782
Windward Oahu
Kahuku Public & School Library, 56-490 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, HI 96731
Kaneohe Public Library, 45-829 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI 96744
Pursuant to the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Response, dated October 1, 2021, the Reapportionment Commission will be conducting its public hearings remotely using interactive conference technology. The public may view the video and audio of the public hearing through a video conference link that is available online at elections.hawaii.gov. In the alternative, the public may listen to the audio of the hearing through a telephone number that is available online at elections.hawaii.gov. Each public hearing will seek to focus on a particular geographic area, but the public may provide comment on any aspect of the Proposed Legislative Plan or Proposed Congressional Plan. The following are the dates, times, and geographic areas associated with each of the public hearings:
Date | Time | Geographic Area | ||
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November 30, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. | Kauai | ||
December 1, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. | Hawaii Island - West | ||
December 2, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. | Hawaii Island - East | ||
December 3, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. | Lanai | ||
December 3, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. | Molokai | ||
December 4, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. | East Honolulu | ||
December 6, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. | Maui - Lahaina | ||
December 7, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. | Maui - Kahului | ||
December 8, 2021 | 6:30 p.m. | Oahu -Central | ||
December 9 2021 | 6:30 p.m. | Oahu - Leeward | ||
December 10, 2021 | 6:30 p.m. | Oahu - Windward |
Views, arguments, or data, orally or in writing, may be submitted at any public hearing or to the Chair of the 2021 Reapportionment Commission at 802 Lehua Avenue, Pearl City, HI 96782 or by email at [email protected].
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, November 3, 2021.
MARK M. MUGIISHI, M.D.
2021 Reapportionment Commission Chair
Meeting Date | Video | Written Summary |
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December 10, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 9, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 8, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 7, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 6, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 4, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 3, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 3, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 2, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
December 1, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
November 30, 2021 | Video | Written Summary |
Past Reapportionment Plans
Contact
Reapportionment Commission
c/o Office of Elections
802 Lehua Avenue
Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
Phone: (808) 453-8683
Email: [email protected]
Last Updated on March 7, 2022