Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate
The Committee on Ways and Means is a standing committee of the Hawaii State Senate.
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Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Hawaii State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[2] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | Committee on Ways and Means (WAM). The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to overall state financing policies, including revenue enhancement, taxation, other revenues, and cash and debt management, statewide implementation of planning, programming, budgeting, and evaluation, and government structure and finance.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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Jamie Kalani English (D) left this committee on May 01, 2021. [Source]
- Note: Jamie Kalani English (D) retired from the Hawaii State Senate on May 1, 2021, due to long-term symptoms of COVID-19.[6]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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Kaiali'i Kahele (D) left this committee on December 16, 2020.
Breene Harimoto (D) left this committee on June 18, 2020.
- Note: Kaiali'i Kahele resigned from the Hawaii State Senate on December 16, 2020, after being elected to Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District.[7]
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (0) | |||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
| • Donovan Dela Cruz, Vice chair | ||||
| • Jamie Kalani English | ||||
| • Brickwood Galuteria | ||||
| • Breene Harimoto | ||||
| • Lorraine Inouye | ||||
| • Kaiali'i Kahele | ||||
| • Gil Riviere | ||||
| • Maile Shimabukuro | ||||
| • Brian Taniguchi | ||||
| • Glenn Wakai | ||||
Note: Tokuda was removed as the chair of the Ways and Means Committee on May 4, 2017.[8]
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Jill Tokuda, Chair | • Samuel Slom | |||
| • Ronald Kouchi, Vice chair | ||||
| • Suzanne Chun Oakland | ||||
| • Donovan Dela Cruz | ||||
| • Jamie Kalani English | ||||
| • Brickwood Galuteria | ||||
| • Breene Harimoto | ||||
| • Lorraine Inouye | ||||
| • Gil Riviere | ||||
| • Russell Ruderman | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • David Ige, Chair | • Samuel Slom | |||
| • Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair | ||||
| • Suzanne Chun Oakland | ||||
| • Donovan Dela Cruz | ||||
| • Jamie Kalani English | ||||
| • Will Espero | ||||
| • Gilbert Kahele | ||||
| • Gilbert Keith-Agaran | ||||
| • Ronald Kouchi | ||||
| • Russell Ruderman | ||||
| • Laura Thielen | ||||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (13) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • David Ige, Chair | • Samuel Slom | |||
| • Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair | ||||
| • Suzanne Chun Oakland | ||||
| • Donovan Dela Cruz | ||||
| • Jamie Kalani English | ||||
| • Will Espero | ||||
| • Carol Fukunaga | ||||
| • Gilbert Kahele | ||||
| • Donna Mercado Kim | ||||
| • Ronald Kouchi | ||||
| • Pohai Ryan | ||||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
| • Glenn Wakai | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Jamie Kalani English | • Fred Hemmings | |||
| • Carol Fukunaga | ||||
| • Brickwood Galuteria | ||||
| • Clayton Hee | ||||
| • Michelle Kidani | ||||
| • Donna Kim | ||||
| • Russell Kokubun | ||||
| • Suzanne Chun Oakland | ||||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
| • Shan Tsutsui | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Senate Rules (Rule 13-1)," accessed February 19, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted by Carol Taniguchi via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on January 28, 2014.
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Senate Rules (Rule 22-1)," accessed February 19, 2021
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Senate Rules (16.16)," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Star Advertiser, "Hawaii state Sen. Kalani English stepping down due to long-term COVID-19 symptoms," May 4, 2021
- ↑ Big Island Video News, "Kahele Resigns State Senate Seat, Opening Call For Replacement Candidates," December 17, 2020
- ↑ Honolulu Star Advertiser, "Souki resigns as House speaker in leadership shake-up," accessed May 5, 2017
