HAWAIʻI STATE SENATE ANNOUNCES FINALIZED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AHEAD OF THE 32ND LEGISLATURE

News Release from Hawaii State Senate, December 26, 2023

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi –  Today, the Hawaiʻi State Senate announced its finalized leadership and committee assignments ahead of the 32nd Legislature to continue on January 17, 2023. Leadership and committee assignments of the 15 standing committees are as follows:

Leadership:

• President: Ronald D. Kouchi
• Vice President: Michelle N. Kidani
• Majority Leader: Dru Mamo Kanuha
• Majority Floor Leader: Glenn Wakai
• Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Lynn DeCoite
• Majority Policy Leader: Les Ihara, Jr.
• Majority Whip: Lorraine R. Inouye
• Assistant Majority Whip: Henry J.C. Aquino
• Assistant Majority Whip: Troy N. Hashimoto
• Assistant Majority Whip: Jarrett Keohokalole
• Assistant Majority Whip: Chris Lee
• Assistant Majority Whip: Herbert M. “Tim” Richards, III

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

Education (EDU)

• Kidani, Michelle N. (Chair)
• Kim, Donna Mercado (Vice Chair)
• Kanuha, Dru Mamo
• Richards, III, Herbert M. "Tim"
• Fevella, Kurt

Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism (EET)

• DeCoite, Lynn (Chair)
• Wakai, Glenn (Vice Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol
• Kim, Donna Mercado
• Fevella, Kurt

Government Operations (GVO)

• McKelvey, Angus L.K. (Chair)
• Gabbard, Mike (Vice Chair)
• San Buenaventura, Joy A.
• Wakai, Glenn
• Awa, Brenton

Hawaiian Affairs (HWN)

• Shimabukuro, Maile S.L. (Chair)
• Fevella, Kurt (Vice Chair)
• Ihara, Jr., Les
• Keohokalole, Jarrett
• Richards, III, Herbert M. "Tim"

Health and Human Services (HHS)

• San Buenaventura, Joy A. (Chair)
• Aquino, Henry J.C. (Vice Chair)
• Keohokalole, Jarrett
• Shimabukuro, Maile S.L.
• Awa, Brenton

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
• Awa, Brenton

Judiciary (JDC)

• Rhoads, Karl (Chair)
• Gabbard, Mike (Vice Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C.
• San Buenaventura, Joy A.
• Awa, Brenton

Labor and Technology (LBT)

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

Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs (PSM)

• Wakai, Glenn (Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C.(Vice Chair)
• Fukunaga, Carol
• McKelvey, Angus L.K.
• Awa, Brenton

Transportation and Culture & Arts (TCA)

• Lee, Chris (Chair)
• Inouye, Lorraine R. (Vice Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C.
• Hashimoto, Troy N.
• Awa, Brenton

Water and Land (WTL)

• Inouye, Lorraine R. (Chair)
• Elefante, Brandon J.C. (Vice Chair)
• Chang, Stanley
• Rhoads, Karl
• Fevella, Kurt

Ways and Means (WAM)

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