No Ballot Measures for 2026
For the full list of referendums we’re tracking, see our home page.
We have no previous referendums we’ve covered for Hawaii.
State Constitutional Amendment:
Protect the Right to Reproductive Freedom
HB728 was introduced and assigned to committees on January 21, 2025. SB297 was introduced on January 15, 2025 and assigned to committees on January 21, 2025. The 2025 session ended with no further action taken, so both carried over to the 2026 session. That session finished on May 7, 2026 with no further action.
Previously, the “Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment” was passed by the Senate on March 7, 2023, by a vote of 21-3. However, the House adjourned without taking it up, so it wasn’t on the November 5, 2024 ballot.
Since these were part of the post-Dobbs backlash, and the energy behind that is dissipating, the probability that this will eventually make the ballot is slim, but not non-existent.
Abortion isn’t Freedom for Women
Setting aside the violence (and therefore lack of equal protection) done to unborn children, a point which proponents of this measure steadfastly ignore, the rhetoric they use about women also steadfastly ignores harm done. Here are some of the Consistent Life Network’s blog posts that explain this. They can offer good ideas for opponents of this measure to use in their work:
Abortion and Violence Against Pregnant Women
How Abortion is Useful for Rape Culture
The Message of “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”: Abortion Gets Sexual Predators Off the Hook
Abortion Facilitates Sex Abuse: Documentation
Isolating Women and Encouraging Jerks
Better Living (for men) Through Surgery (for women)
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