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Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate
The Government Operations Committee 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 Government Operations (GVO). The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to state government operations policy, including government efficiency, The Procurement Code, and state facilities unless the state government operations policy, including government efficiency, departmental procurement, and state facilities is within the purview of another Standing Committee pursuant to this Rule; implementation and innovation of technology, including but not limited to information storage, transmission, processing, and telecommunications; and programs and issues addressed by the State's Chief Information Officer and the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, including any boards, commissions, committees, and councils addressing technology issues.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Government Operations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Government Operations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Government Operations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Government Operations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (0) | |||
| • Donna Kim, Chair | ||||
| • Russell Ruderman, Vice chair | ||||
| • Brickwood Galuteria | ||||
| • Karl Rhoads | ||||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Donovan Dela Cruz, Chair | • Samuel Slom | |||
| • Clarence Nishihara, Vice chair | ||||
| • Les Ihara, Jr. | ||||
| • Jill Tokuda | ||||
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 (16-5)," accessed February 19, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
