Hawaiʻi House of Representatives announces leadership for 2026 state legislative session

Hawaiʻi House Speaker Nadine Nakamura recently announced updated state House leadership and committee assignments for the 33rd Hawaiʻi Legislature.

Several members of the Big Island House delegation were appointed to committee leadership posts, and Rep. Kristin Kahaloa (Hōnaunau, Nāpō‘opo‘o, Captain Cook, Kealakekua, Keauhou, Hōlualoa, Kailua-Kona) is majority caucus leader.

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2026 House leadership

Majority

• House Speaker: Nadine Nakamura.
• Vice Speaker: Linda Ichiyama.
• Majority Leader: Sean Quinlan.
• Majority Caucus Leader: Kirstin Kahaloa (Big Island).
• Majority Floor Leader: Dee Morikawa.
• Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Trish La Chica.
• Majority Whips: Lisa Kitagawa, Tyson Miyake and Amy Perruso.

Minority

• Minority Leader: Lauren Matsumoto.
• Assistant Minority Leader: David Alcos III.
• Minority Floor Leader: Diamond Garcia.
• Assistant Minority Floor Leader: Julie Reyes Oda.
• Minority Whip: Elijah Pierick

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2026 House committee assignments

Agriculture and Food Systems

• Chairperson: Cory Chun.
• Vice Chairperson: Matthias Kusch (Big Island).

Members:

• Kahaloa.
• Nicole Lowen (Big Island).
• Perruso.
• Quinlan.
• Matsumoto.

Consumer Protection and Commerce

• Chairperson: Scot Matayoshi.
• Vice Chairperson: Tina Nakada Grandinetti.

Members:

• Chun.
• Ichiyama.
• Greggor Ilagan (Big Island).
• Kim Coco Iwamoto.
• Sam Satoru Kong.
• Lowen.
• Lisa Marten.
• Adrian Tam.
• Pierick.

Culture and Arts

• Chairperson: Jeanné Kapela (Big Island).
• Vice Chairperson: Kong.

Members:

• Andrew Takuya Garrett.
• Mike Lee.
• Jackson Sayama.
• Reyes Oda.

Economic Development and Technology

• Chairperson: Ilagan.
• Vice Chairperson: Ikaika Hussey

Members:

• Daniel Holt.
• Tam.
• Shirley Ann Templo.
• Kyle Yamashita.
• Joe Gedeon.

Education

• Chairperson: Justin Woodson.
• Vice Chairperson: La Chica.

Members:

• Terez Amato.
• Luke Evslin.
• Garrett.
• Kapela.
• Darius Kila.
• Ikaika Olds.
• Christopher Muraoka.
• Kanani Souza.

Energy and Environmental Protection

• Chairperson: Lowen.
• Vice Chairperson: Perruso.

Members:

• Chun.
• Kahaloa.
• Kusch.
• Quinlan.
• Matsumoto.

Finance

• Chairman: Chris Todd (Big Island).
• Vice Chairperson: Jenna Takenouchi.

Members:

• Daisy Hartsfield.
• Holt.
• Hussey.
• Sue Keohokapu-Lee Loy (Big Island).
• Kitagawa.
• Kusch.
• Lee.
• Miyake.
• Morikawa.
• Perruso.
• Templo.
• Yamashita.
• Alcos III.
• Gedeon.
• Reyes Oda.

Health

• Chairperson: Gregg Takayama.
• Vice Chairperson: Keohokapu-Lee Loy.

Members:

• Amato.
• Hartsfield.
• Marten.
• Olds.
• Takenouchi.
• Alcos III.
• Garcia.

Higher Education

• Chairperson: Garrett.
• Vice Chairperson: Amato.

Members:

• Evslin.
• Kapela.
• Kila.
• La Chica.
• Olds.
• Woodson.
• Muraoka.
• Souza.

Housing

• Chairperson: Evslin.
• Vice Chairperson: Miyake.

Members:

• Elle Cochran.
• Grandinetti.
• Kila.
• Kitagawa.
• La Chica.
• Muraoka.
• Pierick.

Human Services and Homelessness

• Chairperson: Marten.
• Vice Chairperson: Olds.

Members:

• Amato.
• Hartsfield.
• Keohokapu-Lee Loy.
• Takayama.
• Takenouchi.
• Alcos III.
• Garcia.

Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs

• Chairperson: David Tarnas (Big Island).
• Vice Chairperson: Mahina Poepoe.

Members:

• Della Au Belatti.
• Cochran.
• Mark Hashem.
• Kahaloa.
• Sayama.
• Takayama.
• Garcia.
• Garner Shimizu.

Labor

• Chairperson: Sayama.
• Vice Chairperson: Lee.

Members:

• Garrett.
• Kapela.
• Kong.
• Reyes Oda.

Legislative Management

• Chairperson: Holt.
• Vice Chairperson: Quinlan.

Members:

• Ichiyama.
• Morikawa.
• Matsumoto.

Public Safety

• Chairperson: Au Belatti.
• Vice Chairperson: Iwamoto.

Members:

• Hashem.
• Ichiyama.
• Morikawa.
• Poepoe.
• Woodson.
• Shimizu.
• Souza.

Tourism

• Chairperson: Tam.
• Vice Chairperson: Templo.

Members:

• Holt.
• Hussey.
• Ilagan.
• Yamashita.
• Gedeon.

Transportation

• Chairperson: Kila.
• Vice Chairperson: Miyake.

Members:

• Cochran.
• Evslin.
• Grandinetti.
• Kitagawa.
• La Chica.
• Muraoka.
• Pierick.

Water and Land

• Chairperson: Hashem
• Vice Chairperson: Morikawa.

Members:

• Au Belatti.
• Ichiyama.
• Iwamoto.
• Poepoe.
• Woodson.
• Shimizu.
• Souza.