Senate Announces Leadership and Committee Assignments

HAWAIʻI STATE SENATE ANNOUNCES FINALIZED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AHEAD OF THE 33RD LEGISLATURE

News Release from Hawaiʻi State Senate, Nov 27, 2024

Today, the Hawaiʻi State Senate announced its finalized leadership and committee assignments ahead of the Thirty-Third Legislature that opens on January 15, 2025.

Leadership and committee assignments of the 16 standing committees are as follows:

Leadership:

President:                                            Senator Ronald D. Kouchi

Vice President:                                    Senator Michelle N. Kidani

Majority Leader:                                 Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha

Majority Floor Leader:                       Senator Glenn Wakai

Assistant Majority Floor Leader:          Senator Lynn DeCoite

Majority Policy Leader:                         Senator Les Ihara, Jr.

Majority Whip:                                   Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Assistant Majority Whip:                       Senator Henry J.C. Aquino

Assistant Majority Whip:                       Senator Troy N. Hashimoto

Assistant Majority Whip:                       Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Assistant Majority Whip:                       Senator Chris Lee

Assistant Majority Whip:                    Senator Herbert M. “Tim” Richards, III

Minority Leader:                                 Senator Brenton Awa

Minority Floor Leader:                       Senator Samantha DeCorte

Assistant Minority Floor Leader:       Senator Kurt Fevella

Committee Assignments: 

Agriculture and Environment (AEN)

• Gabbard, Mike (Chair)
• Richards, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (Vice Chair)
• DeCoite, Lynn   
• Rhoads, Karl   
• Awa, Brenton

Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN)

• Keohokalole, Jarrett (Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol (Vice Chair)
• McKelvey, Angus L.K.
• Richards, III, Herbert M. “Tim”
• Awa, Brenton

Economic Development and Tourism (EDT)

• DeCoite, Lynn (Chair)
• Wakai, Glenn (Vice Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol
• Kim, Donna Mercado
• Awa, Brenton

Education (EDU)

• Kidani, Michelle N. (Chair)
• Kim, Donna Mercado (Vice Chair)
• Hashimoto, Troy N.
• Kanuha, Dru Mamo
• DeCorte, Samantha

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG)

• Wakai, Glenn (Chair)
• Chang, Stanley (Vice Chair)
• DeCoite, Lynn
• Richards, III, Herbert M. “Tim”
• Fevella, Kurt

Government Operations (GVO)

• McKelvey, Angus L.K. (Chair)
• Gabbard, Mike (Vice Chair)
• Moriwaki, Sharon Y.
• San Buenaventura, Joy A.
• Fevella, Kurt

Hawaiian Affairs (HWN)

• Richards, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (Chair)
• San Buenaventura, Joy A. (Vice Chair)
• Ihara, Jr., Les
• Keohokalole, Jarrett
• DeCorte, Samantha

Health and Human Services (HHS)

• San Buenaventura, Joy A. (Chair)
• Aquino, Henry J.C. (Vice Chair)
• Hashimoto, Troy N.
• Keohokalole, Jarrett
• Fevella, Kurt

Higher Education (HRE)

• Kim, Donna Mercado (Chair)
• Kidani, Michelle N. (Vice Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol
• Hashimoto, Troy N.
• Fevella, Kurt

Housing (HOU)

• Chang, Stanley (Chair)
• Hashimoto, Troy N. (Vice Chair)
• Aquino, Henry J.C.
• Kanuha, Dru Mamo
• Fevella, Kurt

Judiciary (JDC)

• Rhoads, Karl (Chair)
• Gabbard, Mike (Vice Chair)
• Chang, Stanley
• San Buenaventura, Joy A.
• Awa, Brenton

Labor and Technology (LBT)

• Aquino, Henry J.C. (Chair)
• Lee, Chris (Vice Chair)
• Ihara, Jr., Les
• Moriwaki, Sharon Y.
• Fevella, Kurt

Public Safety and Military Affairs (PSM)

• Elefante, Brandon J.C. (Chair)
• Wakai, Glenn (Vice Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol
• Rhoads, Karl
• DeCorte, Samantha

Transportation and Culture and the Arts (TCA)

• Lee, Chris (Chair)
• Inouye, Lorraine R. (Vice Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C.
• Kanuha, Dru Mamo
• DeCorte, Samantha

Water and Land (WTL)

• Inouye, Lorraine R. (Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C. (Vice Chair)
• Chang, Stanley
• McKelvey, Angus L.K.
• DeCorte, Samantha

Ways and Means (WAM)

• Dela Cruz, Donovan M. (Chair)
• Moriwaki, Sharon Y. (Vice Chair)
• Aquino, Henry J.C.
• DeCoite, Lynn
• Elefante, Brandon J.C.
• Hashimoto, Troy N.
• Inouye, Lorraine R.
• Kanuha, Dru Mamo
• Kidani, Michelle N.
• Kim, Donna Mercado
• Lee, Chris
• Wakai, Glenn
• Fevella, Kurt

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