State of Hawaii Boundaries?

**Note that the State of Hawaii Constitution DOES NOT NAME ANY of the Hawaiian Islands. 

The official territorial boundaries of the State of Hawaii are found in Article XV of the State Constitution and Section 2 of the Act of Admission. Neither law names the islands in the Archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands as within the territorial boundaries of the State of Hawaii (see both referenced below):

Article XV. Constitution of the State of Hawaii

State Boundaries

The State of Hawaii shall consist of all the islands, together with their appurtenant reefs and territorial and archipelagic waters, included in the Territory of Hawaii on the date of enactment of this Act, except the atoll known as Palmyra Island, together with its appurtenant reefs and territorial waters, but said State shall not be deemed to include Johnston Island, Sand Island (offshore from Johnston Island) or Kingman Reef, together with their appurtenant reefs and territorial waters.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I INTO THE UNION, ACT OF MARCH 18, 1959, PUB L 86-3, 73 STAT 4. 

The Admission Act 

§2. The State of Hawaii shall consist of all the islands, together with their appurtenant reefs and territorial waters, included in the Territory of Hawaii on the date of enactment of this Act, except the atoll known as Palmyra Island, together with its appurtenant reefs and territorial waters, but said State shall not be deemed to include the Midway Islands, Johnston Island, Sand Island (off-shore from Johnston Island), or Kingman Reef, together with their appurtenant reefs and territorial waters.