HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE (2019-2020)
News Release from Office of House Speaker Scott K. Saiki December 4, 2018
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – House Speaker Scott K. Saiki is pleased to announce the Leadership and the committee assignments for the Thirtieth Legislature (2019-2020).
"Our members are looking forward to the upcoming session and are focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges facing our state," said Speaker Saiki. "We have worked hard to establish a leadership team and standing committee assignments that will help facilitate the legislative process and take full advantage of the wealth of knowledge and expertise that each member of the House offers."
Several changes have been made to House committees as follows:
- Education and Higher Education have been consolidated into one committee (Lower & Higher Education);
- Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs has been consolidated into Water & Land (Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs);
- Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts has been folded into two separate committees (Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs and Tourism & International Affairs); and
- Health & Human Services has been split into separate committees, with Human Services also incorporating homelessness issues (Human Services & Homelessness).
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 2019-2020
SPEAKER Scott K. Saiki
VICE SPEAKER Mark M. Nakashima
MAJORITY LEADER Della Au Belatti
MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER Dee Morikawa
ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER Tom Brower
MAJORITY WHIPS Henry J.C. Aquino
- Aaron Ling Johanson
- Bertrand Kobayashi
- Chris Lee
- Nicole E. Lowen
- Nadine K. Nakamura
- Takashi Ohno
- Joy A. San Buenaventura
- Justin H. Woodson
MINORITY LEADER Gene Ward
MINORITY FLOOR LEADER Lauren Matsumoto
ASSISTANT MINORITY LEADER Bob McDermott
ASSISTANT MINORITY FLOOR LEADER Cynthia Thielen
MINORITY WHIP Val Okimoto
FINANCE (FIN)
Sylvia Luke, Chair
Ty J.K. Cullen, Vice Chair
Stacelynn K.M. Eli
Cedric Asuega Gates
Troy N. Hashimoto
Daniel Holt
Lisa Kitagawa
Bertrand Kobayashi
Scot Z. Matayoshi
Nadine K. Nakamura
Scott Y. Nishimoto
Chris Todd
Tina Wildberger
Kyle T. Yamashita
Bob McDermott
JUDICIARY (JUD)
Chris Lee, Chair
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice Chair
Tom Brower
Richard P. Creagan
Nicole E. Lowen
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Dee Morikawa
Calvin K.Y. Say
Gregg Takayama
Ryan I. Yamane
Cynthia Thielen
CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE (CPC)
Roy M. Takumi, Chair
Linda Ichiyama, Vice Chair
Henry J.C. Aquino
Della Au Belatti
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
Romy M. Cachola
Sharon E. Har
Sam Satoru Kong
John M. Mizuno
Richard H.K. Onishi
Lauren Matsumoto
LOWER & HIGHER EDUCATION (LHE)
Justin H. Woodson, Chair
Mark J. Hashem, Vice Chair (Lower Education)
Amy A. Perruso, Vice Chair (Higher Education)
Lynn DeCoite
Aaron Ling Johanson
Dale T. Kobayashi
Takashi Ohno
Sean Quinlan
David A. Tarnas
James Kunane Tokioka
Val Okimoto
LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT (LMG)
Ty J.K. Cullen, Chair
Mark M. Nakashima, Vice Chair
Della Au Belatti
Dee Morikawa
Gene Ward
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EEP)
Nicole E. Lowen, Chair
Tina Wildberger, Vice Chair
Sharon E. Har
David A. Tarnas
Chris Todd
Ryan I. Yamane
Cynthia Thielen
WATER, LAND, & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS (WLH)
Ryan I. Yamane, Chair
Chris Todd, Vice Chair
Sharon E. Har
Nicole E. Lowen
David A. Tarnas
Tina Wildberger
Cynthia Thielen
TOURISM & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (TIA)
Richard H.K. Onishi, Chair
Daniel Holt, Vice Chair
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
Romy M. Cachola
Richard P. Creagan
Lynn DeCoite
Amy A. Perruso
Val Okimoto
AGRICULTURE (AGR)
Richard P. Creagan, Chair
Lynn DeCoite, Vice Chair
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
Romy M. Cachola
Daniel Holt
Richard H.K. Onishi
Amy A. Perruso
Val Okimoto
HOUSING (HSG)
Tom Brower, Chair
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Vice Chair
Henry J.C. Aquino
Ty J.K. Cullen
Mark J. Hashem
Troy N. Hashimoto
Justin H. Woodson
Bob McDermott
TRANSPORTATION (TRN)
Henry J.C. Aquino, Chair
Troy N. Hashimoto, Vice Chair
Tom Brower
Ty J.K. Cullen
Mark J. Hashem
Scot Z. Matayoshi
Justin H. Woodson
Bob McDermott
PUBLIC SAFETY, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS (PVM)
Gregg Takayama, Chair
Cedric Asuega Gates, Vice Chair
Dale T. Kobayashi
Sam Satoru Kong
Scott Y. Nishimoto
Takashi Ohno
Bob McDermott
INTRASTATE COMMERCE (IAC)
Takashi Ohno, Chair
Dale T. Kobayashi, Vice Chair
Cedric Asuega Gates
Sam Satoru Kong
Scott Y. Nishimoto
Gregg Takayama
Bob McDermott
HEALTH (HLT)
John M. Mizuno, Chair
Bertrand Kobayashi, Vice Chair
Della Au Belatti
Nadine K. Nakamura
Joy A. San Buenaventura
Calvin K.Y. Say
James Kunane Tokioka
Gene Ward
HUMAN SERVICES & HOMELESSNESS (HSH)
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair
Nadine K. Nakamura, Vice Chair
Della Au Belatti
Bertrand Kobayashi
John M. Mizuno
Calvin K. Y. Say
James Kunane Tokioka
Gene Ward
LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT (LAB)
Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair
Stacelynn K.M. Eli, Vice Chair
Linda Ichiyama
Lisa Kitagawa
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Sean Quinlan
Kyle T. Yamashita
Lauren Matsumoto
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS (EDB)
Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair
Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair
Stacelynn K.M. Eli
Linda Ichiyama
Aaron Ling Johanson
Sean Quinlan
Kyle T. Yamashita
Lauren Matsumoto