Hawaii Senate
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The Hawaiʻi State Senate is the upper chamber of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature which governs from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 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 majority political party, usually a member of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi or the Hawaiʻi Republican Party. The forerunner of the Hawaiʻi State Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi State Senate is a part-time body and senators often have active careers outside of government. The lower chamber of the legislature is the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives.
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The Hawaiʻi State Senate has been governing from the Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi State Senate met in ʻIolani Palace.
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- Hawaiʻi State Legislature
- Hawaiʻi State Legislature Legislative Reference Bureau
- Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives
- Hawaiʻi State Senate
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