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The Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee (formerly the Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the Hawaii House of Representatives.

Per the House Rules, Hawaii House of Representatives committee members, chairs, and vice-chairs are appointed by the speaker of the house. Members, chairs, and vice-chairs are provided for by resolution, with the requirement that the composition of the committee is proportional. The majority caucus designates the chair, vice-chair, and majority party members of the committee, while members of the minority caucus designate the minority members of the committee.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[2] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The speaker and vice speaker serve as ex officio members of each committee without the power to vote, except the Committee on Legislative Management where the vice speaker is a voting member.[4]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules

Function

“ Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, whose scope shall be those programs relating to the courts, crime prevention and control,

penal code, criminal enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, disposition, and punishment, probation, parole, furlough, and other alternatives to incarceration, indigent legal representation and defense matters, civil law, firearms, weapons, judicial and legal questions, constitutional matters, the Attorney General, the Judiciary, individual rights, civil rights and liberties, and the Civil Rights Commission; and persons of Hawaiian ancestry, including programs administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and other pertinent matters referred to it by the House.[5][6]

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (7) Republican members (2) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (9) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (11) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

Chris Lee (D, Chair) left this committee on November 03, 2020.

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Judiciary Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)Republican members (2)
• Scott Nishimoto, Chair• Bob McDermott
• Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice chair• Cynthia Thielen
• Della Au Belatti
• Tom Brower
• Aaron Johanson
• Chris Lee
• Daynette Morikawa
• Mark Nakashima
• Marcus Oshiro

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.2.1, 11.2.2)," accessed February 18, 2021
  2. ↑ Information submitted by Carol Taniguchi via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on January 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "House Rules (Rules 11.6.1)," accessed February 18, 2021
  4. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.2.3)," accessed February 18, 2021
  5. ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "House Rules (12.13)," accessed February 19, 2021
  6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  7. ↑ Hawaii News Now, "Blake Oshiro named Deputy Chief of Staff for Abercrombie," November 7, 2011


Current members of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Nadine Nakamura
Majority Leader:Sean Quinlan
Minority Leader:Lauren Matsumoto
Representatives
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Sam Kong (D)
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Cory Chun (D)
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Democratic Party (42)
Republican Party (9)

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