# 32nd Hawaii State Legislature

The Thirty-Second Hawaii State Legislature is the current meeting of the State Legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii, composed of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the Hawaii Senate. It was constituted in Hawaii from November 8, 2022 and is scheduled to adjourn on November 5, 2024, during the first two years of Josh Green's first term as governor. In the 2022 elections, the Democrats retained their majority in both chambers despite the Republicans gaining seats. The House welcomed 18 new representatives, and the Senate welcomed 4 new senators.

## Sessions
### 2023 legislative session

The regular session ran from January 18 until May 4, 2023. It passed 280 bills to the governor for signature.

### 2024 legislative session

The regular session ran from January 17 until May 3, 2024. It passed 260 bills to the governor for signature, 253 of which were signed and enacted.

## Composition
### State Senate

| 23 | 2 |
| Democratic | Rep |
| Affiliation | Party(Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party(Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature (2022) | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Begin (2023) | 23 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 92% | 8% | | |

#### List of members

| District | Name | Party | County(ies) | Areas Represented | First Elected |
| 1 | Lorraine Inouye | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hilo, Pauka‘a, Papaikou, Pepe‘ekeo | 2014 |
| 2 | Joy San Buenaventura | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Puna | 2020 |
| 3 | Dru Kanuha | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Kona, Kaʻū, Volcano | 2018 |
| 4 | Tim Richards III | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hilo, Hāmākua, Kohala, Waimea, Waikōloa, Kona | 2022 |
| 5 | Troy Hashimoto | Dem | Maui | Wailuku, Waiheʻe, Kahului, Mauka, Wai'ehu | 2023 |
| 6 | Angus McKelvey | Dem | Maui | West and South Maui, Maalaea, Waikapu | 2022 |
| 7 | Lynn DeCoite | Dem | Maui, Kalawao | Hāna, East and Upcountry Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, Molokini | 2021 |
| 8 | Ron Kouchi | Dem | Kauaʻi | Kauaʻi, Niʻihau | 2010 |
| 9 | Stanley Chang | Dem | Honolulu | Hawaiʻi Kai, ʻĀina Haina, Waiʻalae-Kāhala, Diamond Head, Kaimuki, Kapahulu | 2016 |
| 10 | Les Ihara Jr. | Dem | Honolulu | Kaimukī, Kapahulu, Pālolo, Maunalani Heights, St. Louis Heights, Mōʻiliʻili, Ala Wai mauka, Kapahulu, Moiliili, McCully | 1994 |
| 11 | Carol Fukunaga | Dem | Honolulu | Mānoa, Makiki, Punchbowl, Papakōlea, Tantalus | 2022 |
| 12 | Sharon Moriwaki | Dem | Honolulu | Kakaʻako, Ala Moana, Waikīkī, McCully | 2018 |
| 13 | Karl Rhoads | Dem | Honolulu | Liliha, Pālama, Iwilei, Nuʻuanu, Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Downtown, Chinatown, Dowsett Heights, Pu'unui | 2016 |
| 14 | Donna Mercado Kim | Dem | Honolulu | Moanalua, ʻAiea, Fort Shafter, Kalihi Valley, Red Hill, Kapalama | 2000 |
| 15 | Glenn Wakai | Dem | Honolulu | Kalihi, Māpunapuna, Airport, Salt Lake, Āliamanu, Foster Village, Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Aiea, Pearl City | 2010 |
| 16 | Brandon Elefante | Dem | Honolulu | Pearl City, Momilani, Pearlridge, ʻAiea, Royal Summit, ʻAiea Heights, Newtown, Waimalu, Hālawa, Pearl Harbor, Waiau, Pacific Palisades | 2022 |
| 17 | Donovan Dela Cruz | Dem | Honolulu | Mililani Town, Mililani Mauka, Waipi'o Acres, Launani Valley, Wahiawa, Whitmore Village | 2010 |
| 18 | Michelle Kidani | Dem | Honolulu | Mililani Town, Waipiʻo Gentry, Crestview, Waikele, Village Park, Royal Kunia | 2008 |
| 19 | Henry Aquino | Dem | Honolulu | Pearl City, Waipahu, West Loch Estates, Hono'ui'uli, Ho'opii | 2022 |
| 20 | Kurt Fevella | Rep | Honolulu | ʻEwa Beach, Ocean Pointe, ʻEwa by Gentry, Iroquois Point, ʻEwa Village | 2018 |
| 21 | Mike Gabbard | Dem | Honolulu | Kalaeloa, Fernandez Village, ʻEwa, Kapolei, Makakilo, | 2006 |
| 22 | Vacant (*November 8, 2022 – May 31, 2024: Maile Shimabukuro) | | Honolulu | Honokai Hale, Ko 'Olina, Nanakuli, Maili, Waianae, Makaha, Makua | |
| 23 | Brenton Awa | Rep | Honolulu | Kane'ohe, Kahaluu thru Laie, Kahuku to Mokuleia, Schofield Barracks, Kunia Camp | 2022 |
| 24 | Jarrett Keohokalole | Dem | Honolulu | Kāneʻohe, Kailua | 2018 |
| 25 | Chris Lee | Dem | Honolulu | Kailua, Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi Kai | 2020 |
* ↑ Democrat Gilbert Keith-Agaran resigned on October 31, 2023. State representative Troy Hashimoto was appointed on November 9, 2023 to fill the seat until a special election is held in November 2024.
* ↑ Became President of the Senate on December 28, 2012, after Shan Tsutsui was appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie to be Lieutenant Governor. Ousted as Senate President in unusual mid-year leadership reorganization on May 5, 2015. First Filipina, but second Filipino American, Hawaiʻi Senate President
* ↑ Democrat Maile Shimabukuro resigned on May 31, 2024.
* ↑ Previously served in Senate from 1998 to 2008
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2014 to 2020
* 1 2 3 Senator was originally appointed
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2018 to 2023
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2006 to 2022
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2015 to 2021
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1986 to 1994
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1979 to 1982, House from 1987 to 1992, and Senate from 1992 to 2012
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2006 to 2016
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1982 to 1985
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2002 to 2010
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2008 to 2022
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2014 to 2018
* ↑ Previously served in House from 2008 to 2020

#### State Senate Committees

| Acronym | Committee Name | Chair |
| AEN | Agriculture and Environment | Mike Gabbard |
| CPN | Commerce and Consumer Protection | Jarrett Keohokalole |
| EDU | Education | Michelle Kidani |
| EET | Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism | Lynn DeCoite |
| GVO | Government Operations | Angus McKelvey |
| HWN | Hawaiian Affairs | Maile Shimabukuro |
| HHS | Health and Human Services | Joy San Buenaventura |
| HRE | Higher Education | Donna Mercado Kim |
| HOU | Housing | Stanley Chang |
| JDC | Judiciary | Karl Rhoads |
| LBT | Labor and Technology | Sharon Moriwaki (2023) Henry Aquino (2024) |
| PSM | Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs | Glenn Wakai |
| TCA | Transportation and Culture and the Arts | Chris Lee |
| WTL | Water and Land | Lorraine Inouye |
| WAM | Ways and Means | Donovan Dela Cruz |
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### State House of Representatives

| 45 | 6 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Vacant | Total |
| End of previous legislature (2022) | 47 | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Begin (2023) | 45 | 6 | 0 | 51 |
| July 11, 2024 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Latest voting share | 88% | 12% | | |

#### List of members

| District | Representative | Party | County(ies) | Areas represented | First Elected |
| 1 | Vacant (*November 8, 2022 – July 11, 2024: Mark Nakashima) | | Hawaiʻi | Hāmākua, portion of Hilo, Ka‘ūmana | |
| 2 | Richard Onishi | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hilo | 2012 |
| 3 | Chris Toshiro Todd | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Portion of Hilo, Keaukaha, Orchidlands Estate, Ainaloa, Hawaiian Acres, Fern Acres, portions of Kurtistown and Keaʻau | 2017 |
| 4 | Greggor Ilagan | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Beaches, Nānāwale Estates, Leilani Estates | 2020 |
| 5 | Jeanné Kapela | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Portions of Keaʻau and Kurtistown, Mountain View, Glenwood, Fern Forest, Volcano, Pāhala, Punalu‘u, Nā‘ālehu, Wai‘ōhinu, Hawaiian Ocean View, Ho‘okena | 2020 |
| 6 | Kirstin Kahaloa | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hōnaunau, Nāpo‘opo‘o, Captain Cook, Kealakekua, Keauhou, Hōlualoa, Kailua-Kona | 2022 |
| 7 | Nicole Lowen | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Kailua-Kona, Honokōhau, Kalaoa, Pu‘uanahulu, Puakō, portion of Waikōloa | 2012 |
| 8 | David Tarnas | Dem | Hawaiʻi | Hawi, Hala‘ula, Waimea, Makahalau, Waiki‘i, Waikōloa, Kawaihae, and Māhukona | 2018 |
| 9 | Justin Woodson | Dem | Maui | Kahului, Puʻunēnē, portion of Wailuku | 2013 |
| 10 | Tyson Miyake | Dem | Maui | Portion of Waiehu, Paukukalo, Wailuku, Wailuku Heights, Waikapu | 2023 |
| 11 | Terez Amato | Dem | Maui | Portion of Māʻalaea, Kīhei, Keawakapu, Wailea, Mākena, Kanahena, Keone‘ō‘io | 2022 |
| 12 | Kyle Yamashita | Dem | Maui | Portion of Keāhua, Hāli‘imaile, Pukalani, Makawao, Pūlehu, Waiakoa, Kēōkea, and ‘Ulupalakua | 2004 |
| 13 | Mahina Poepoe | Dem | Maui, Kalawao | Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, portion of Kahului, Ha‘ikū, Pe‘ahi, Huelo, Nāhiku, Hāna, Kīpahulu | 2022 |
| 14 | Elle Cochran | Dem | Maui | Kahakuloa, Waiheʻe, portions of Wai‘ehu and Māʻalaea, Olowalu, Lahaina, Lahainaluna, Kā‘anapali, Māhinahina Camp, Kahana, Honokahua | 2022 |
| 15 | Nadine Nakamura | Dem | Kauaʻi | Hā‘ena, Wainiha, Hanalei, Princeville, Kīlauea, Anahola, Keālia, Kāpa‘a, portion of Wailuā, Kawaihau | 2016 |
| 16 | Luke Evslin | Dem | Kauaʻi | Wailuā, Hanamāʻulu, Kapaia, Līhuʻe, Puhi, portion of ʻŌmaʻo | 2023 |
| 17 | Dee Morikawa | Dem | Kauaʻi | Niʻihau, portion of ʻŌmaʻo, Kōloa, Po‘ipū, Lāwa‘i, Kalāheo, ‘Ele‘ele, Hanapēpē, Kaawanui Village, Pākalā Village, Waimea, Kekaha | 2010 |
| 18 | Gene Ward | Rep | Honolulu | Portlock, Hawaiʻi Kai, Kalama Valley | 2006 |
| 19 | Mark Hashem | Dem | Honolulu | Waiʻalae-Kāhala,ʻĀina Haina, Niu Valley, Kuli‘ou‘ou | 2010 |
| 20 | Bertrand Kobayashi | Dem | Honolulu | Leahi, Kāhala, Waiʻalae, Kaimukī, Kapahulu | 2012 |
| 21 | Jackson Sayama | Dem | Honolulu | St. Louis Heights, Pālolo Valley, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimukī | 2020 |
| 22 | Andrew Takuya Garrett | Dem | Honolulu | Mānoa | 2022 |
| 23 | Scott Nishimoto | Dem | Honolulu | Mōʻiliʻili, McCully | 2002 |
| 24 | Adrian Tam | Dem | Honolulu | Waikīkī | 2020 |
| 25 | Scott Saiki | Dem | Honolulu | Ala Moana, Kakaʻako, Downtown Honolulu | 1994 |
| 26 | Della Au Belatti | Dem | Honolulu | Makiki, Punchbowl | 2006 |
| 27 | Jenna Takenouchi | Dem | Honolulu | Pacific Heights, Nuʻuanu, Liliha | 2022 |
| 28 | Daniel Holt | Dem | Honolulu | Sand Island, Iwilei, Chinatown | 2016 |
| 29 | May Mizuno | Dem | Honolulu | Kamehameha Heights, Kalihi Valley, portion of Kalihi | 2024 |
| 30 | Sonny Ganaden | Dem | Honolulu | Kalihi, Kalihi Kai, Ke‘ehi Lagoon, Hickam Village | 2020 |
| 31 | Linda Ichiyama | Dem | Honolulu | Fort Shafter Flats, Salt Lake, Pearl Harbor | 2010 |
| 32 | Micah Aiu | Dem | Honolulu | Fort Shafter, Moanalua, Āliamanu, Foster Village, portions of ʻAiea and Hālawa | 2022 |
| 33 | Sam Satoru Kong | Dem | Honolulu | Portion of Hālawa, ʻAiea, Waimalu | 2014 |
| 34 | Gregg Takayama | Dem | Honolulu | Pearl City, Waiau, Pacific Palisades | 2012 |
| 35 | Cory Chun | Dem | Honolulu | Portions of Pearl City and Waipahū, Crestview | 2022 |
| 36 | Rachele Lamosao | Dem | Honolulu | Waipahū | 2022 |
| 37 | Trish La Chica | Dem | Honolulu | Portions of Mililani Town, Mililani Mauka, Koa Ridge, and Waipiʻo Gentry | 2023 |
| 38 | Lauren Matsumoto | Rep | Honolulu | Portions of Mililani and Waipio Acres, Mililani Mauka | 2012 |
| 39 | Elijah Pierick | Rep | Honolulu | Royal Kunia, Village Park, Honoʻuliʻuli, Hoʻopili, portion of Waipahū | 2022 |
| 40 | Rose Martinez | Dem | Honolulu | Portions of Lower Village and ʻEwa Beach, Iroquois Point | 2022 |
| 41 | David Alcos | Rep | Honolulu | Portion of ʻEwa Beach, Ocean Pointe, Barbers Point | 2022 |
| 42 | Diamond Garcia | Rep | Honolulu | Portions of Varona Village, Ewa, Kapolei, Fernandez Village | 2022 |
| 43 | Kanani Souza | Rep | Honolulu | Kapolei, Makakilo | 2022 |
| 44 | Darius Kila | Dem | Honolulu | Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, Māʻili | 2022 |
| 45 | Cedric Gates | Dem | Honolulu | Waiʻanae, Mākaha | 2016 |
| 46 | Amy Perruso | Dem | Honolulu | Portion of Waipio Acres, Launani Valley, Wahiawā, Whitmore Village, Waialua, Mokulēʻia | 2018 |
| 47 | Sean Quinlan | Dem | Honolulu | Waialua, Hale‘iwa, Waialua, Hale‘iwa, Kawailoa Beach, Waimea, Sunset Beach, Waiale‘e, Kawela Bay, Kahuku, Lā‘ie, Hauʻula, Punaluʻu, Kahana | 2016 |
| 48 | Lisa Kitagawa | Dem | Honolulu | Kaʻaʻawa, Kahalu‘u, ‘Āhuimanu, Heʻeia, Kāneʻohe | 2018 |
| 49 | Scot Matayoshi | Dem | Honolulu | Kāneʻohe, Maunawili | 2018 |
| 50 | Natalia Hussey-Burdick | Dem | Honolulu | Kailua, portion of Kāneʻohe Bay | 2022 |
| 51 | Lisa Marten | Dem | Honolulu | Waimānalo, Keolu Hills, Lanikai, portion of Kailua | 2020 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Representative was originally appointed
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1994 to 1998
* ↑ Appointed to seat on December 15, 2023 by Governor Josh Green after Troy Hashimoto was appointed to the Hawaii Senate.
* ↑ Appointed to seat on February 15, 2023 by Governor Josh Green after James Tokioka was appointed to join the governor's cabinet.
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1990 to 1998
* ↑ Previously served in House from 1978 to 1982, and Senate from 1982 to 1994
* ↑ Appointed to seat on January 16, 2024 by Governor Josh Green after her husband John Mizuno resigned to become the Governor's coordinator on homelessness.
* ↑ Appointed to seat on February 15, 2023 by Governor Josh Green after Ryan Yamane was appointed to join the governor's cabinet.
* ↑ Democrat Mark Nakashima died on July 11, 2024.

#### State House Committees

| Acronym | Committee Name | Chair |
| AGR | Agriculture & Food Systems | Cedric Gates |
| CAI | Culture, Arts, & International Affairs | Adrian Tam |
| CMV | Corrections, Military, & Veterans | Mark Hashem |
| CPC | Consumer Protection & Commerce | Mark Nakashima |
| ECD | Economic Development | Daniel Holt |
| EDN | Education | Justin Woodson |
| EEP | Energy & Environmental Protection | Nicole Lowen |
| FIN | Finance | Kyle Yamashita |
| HET | Higher Education & Technology | Amy Perruso |
| HLT | Health & Homelessness | Della Au Belatti |
| HSG | Housing | Troy Hashimoto (2023) Luke Evslin (2024) |
| HUS | Human Services | John Mizuno (2023) Lisa Marten (2024) |
| JHA | Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs | David Tarnas |
| LGO | Labor & Government Operations | Scot Matayoshi |
| LMG | Legislative Management | Nadine Nakamura |
| TOU | Tourism | Sean Quinlan |
| TRN | Transportation | Chris Todd |
| WAL | Water & Land | Linda Ichiyama |
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