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Housing Committee, Hawaii State Senate
From Ballotpedia
The Housing Committee is a standing committee of the Hawaii State Senate.
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 Housing (HOU). The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to affordable and public housing; urban renewal; community development; housing development; and the housing of, or sheltering of, the homeless.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Housing 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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Senate Housing 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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Senate Housing 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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Senate Housing 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.
| Housing Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (0) | |||
| • William Espero, Chair | ||||
| • Breene Harimoto, Vice chair | ||||
| • Kaiali'i Kahele | ||||
| • Gilbert Keith-Agaran | ||||
| • Clarence Nishihara | ||||
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 (16-10)," accessed August 8, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Current members of the Hawaii State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ronald Kouchi
Majority Leader:Dru Kanuha
Minority Leader:Brenton Awa
Senators
District 1
Lorraine Inouye (D)
District 2
Joy Buenaventura (D)
District 3
Dru Kanuha (D)
District 4
Tim Richards (D)
District 5
Troy Hashimoto (D)
District 6
Angus McKelvey (D)
District 7
Lynn DeCoite (D)
District 8
Ronald Kouchi (D)
District 9
Stanley Chang (D)
District 10
Les Ihara (D)
District 11
Carol Fukunaga (D)
District 12
Sharon Moriwaki (D)
District 13
Karl Rhoads (D)
District 14
Donna Kim (D)
District 15
Glenn Wakai (D)
District 16
Brandon Elefante (D)
District 17
Donovan Cruz (D)
District 18
Michelle Kidani (D)
District 19
Henry Aquino (D)
District 20
Kurt Fevella (R)
District 21
Mike Gabbard (D)
District 22
Samantha DeCorte (R)
District 23
Brenton Awa (R)
District 24
District 25
Chris Lee (D)
Democratic Party (22)
Republican Party (3)
