History
The legislature is a descendant of the two houses of parliament for the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom, created in the 1840 constitution, consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Nobles. Following the fall of the kingdom, in 1894 the legislature became the legislative body of the Republic of Hawaii, and shortly afterwards the Territory of Hawaii. The current legislature was created following the passage of the federal Hawaii Admission Act in 1959.
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