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42
Kapolei, Makakilo
Representative Sharon E. Har represents District 42, which is comprised of Kapolei and Makakilo. Representative Har was first elected to the Legislature in 2006.

She is an attorney with the law firm of Bays Lung Rose & Holma in Honolulu, where she specializes in real estate, land use, and construction litigation. Prior to working at Bays Lung, Representative Har served as an aide and advisor to Lt. Governor Mazie Hirono from 1999-2002 where she assisted the Lt. Governor on the issues of education, transportation, and high technology. Representative Har has also committed numerous years of service to various community organizations, including the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Blood Bank, and the Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce.

Representative Har has been a resident of the Kapolei area since 1997. She received her Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School and spent a semester as a visiting student at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai`i. She earned B.A.'s in political science and sociology from Mount Holyoke College.
• Vice Chair, Education (2017)
• Vice Chair, Judiciary (2013-2014)
• Vice Chair, Water, Land and Ocean Resources (2009-2012)
• Vice Chair, Public Safety and Military Affairs (2007-2008)
• Chair, Interim Task Force on Smart Growth Development (2007)
• Member, Human Services (2017)
• Member, Health (2017)
• Member, High Education (2017)
• Member, Transportation (2007-2008, 2014-2016)
• Member, Labor & Public Employment (2007-2008, 2015-2016)
• Member, Consumer Protection and Commerce (2013-2016)
• Member, Public Safety (2014-2016)
• Member, Energy and Environmental Protection (2009-2012)
• Member, Housing (2009-2012)
• Member, Finance (2007-2012)
• Member, Special Investigative Committee on Bureau of Conveyances (2008)

• Attorney, Bays, Deaver, Lung, Rose & Holma. (April 2002 - Present)
• Aide, Honorable Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii (August 1999 - March 2002)
• Law Clerk, Honorable Eden Elizabeth Hifo (fka Bambi Eden E. Weil), Circuit Court, First Circuit (June 1999 - August 1999)
• Intern, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney (September 1996 - December 1996)
• Law Clerk, Asian Legal Services, (CVLS) Chicago, Illinois (September 1994 - December 1995)
• Senior Paralegal, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, New York (August 1990 - August 1993)

• 2014 American Kennel Club's Legislator of the Year
• 2014 Hawaii Family Advocates' Fearless Advocate Award Winner
• 2009 Mothers Against Drunk Driving special honorary recognition for introducing ignition interlock law
• 2008 Charles Dick Award Winner
• 2007 Arirang Television Korean-American Politicians to Watch
• 2007 Pacific Business News Forty Under 40

• Executive Secretary, Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii Alliance.
• Coordinator, Aloha United Way.
• Volunteer, Read to Me Program.
• Staff, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, Hawaii Policy Group
• Director, Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce.
• Coordinator, Hawaii Blood Bank.
• President, Korean American Bar Association Hawaii.
• Junior Judge, Hawaii State Bar Association.
• Member, Funds For New York City Public Education.
• Volunteer, Legal Aid Society.
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
• Member, Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Friends of Kapolei Library
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2015 Committee Member of
 Measures Introduced in 2015
Measure and Title
HB107
RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
HB293 HD1 SD1
RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
HB308
RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY.
HB323 HD1
RELATING TO THE STATE DISASTER REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
HB324
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
HB325
RELATING TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF HAWAII.
HB329
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.
HB335
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL FUND.
HB336
RELATING TO THE STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL FUND.
HB362
RELATING TO RESISTING ARREST.
HB363
RELATING TO RESISTING AN ORDER TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE.
HB364
RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
HB391 HD1 SD1 CD1
RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS ON PUBLIC WORKS.
HB445 HD1
RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
HB446 HD1
RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.
HB448 HD1 SD1 CD1
RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
HB451 HD1
RELATING TO AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.
HB454
RELATING TO HOUSING.
HB455
RELATING TO CANCER.
HB457 HD1 SD1
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
HB460 HD1
RELATING TO HEALTH.
HB490
RELATING TO CAREGIVING.
HB492 SD1
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
HB494
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
HB497 HD1
RELATING TO AGING.
HB558
RELATING TO OVERTIME.
HB644
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
HB645
RELATING TO THE MILITARY.
HB647
RELATING TO CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES.
HB651
RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
HB670
RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.
HB671
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX COLLECTION DATE.
HB672
RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE.
HB673
RELATING TO FERTILITY RIGHTS OF CANCER PATIENTS.
HB674
RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INCENTIVES.
HB675
RELATING TO WATERSHED PROTECTION.
HB747
RELATING TO MARRIAGE.
HB750
RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES.
HB759 HD1
RELATING TO COOLING SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.
HB788
RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
HB829 HD2
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HB830 HD1 SD1 CD1
RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
HB849
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
HB877 HD1
RELATING TO VEHICULAR TAXES.
HB878
RELATING TO THE MILITARY.
HB879
RELATING TO VETERANS.
HB880
RELATING TO THE MILITIA.
HB881 HD1
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
HB987
RELATING TO THE MILITARY.
HB1008 HD1
RELATING TO BLIND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
HB1011 HD1
RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.
HB1076
RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.
HB1077
RELATING TO TRUTH-IN-ADVERTISING.
HB1078
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE REDUCTION.
HB1079
RELATING TO ASSET FORFEITURE.
HB1080
RELATING TO URBAN WATER CONSERVATION.
HB1091 HD1
RELATING TO TAXATION.
HB1092 HD1
RELATING TO TAXATION.
HB1135
RELATING TO TAXATION.
HB1144
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME.
HB1152
RELATING TO DRUGS.
HB1153 SD2 CD1
RELATING TO VETERANS.
HB1160
RELATING TO RELIGIOUS RIGHTS.
HB1234
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.
HB1235
RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.
HB1245
RELATING TO RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
HB1246
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
HB1247
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
HB1248
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
HB1249
RELATING TO STUDENT SAFETY.
HB1275
RELATING TO THE STATE INSTRUMENT.
HB1341
RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
HB1380
RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HB1413
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB1414
RELATING TO THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
HB1415
RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.
HB1416
RELATING TO THE COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX.
HB1417
RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
HCR3
STRONGLY OPPOSING THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S PROPOSED FORCE REDUCTION OF SCHOFIELD BARRACKS AND FORT SHAFTER BASES.
HCR71
URGING CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
HCR100
REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW ITS CURRENT POLICY ON AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.
HCR125
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY AND COST OF CONSTRUCTING A SMALL COMMERCIAL BOAT HARBOR AND SMALL COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IN SOUTH PUNA.
HCR198
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF KAPOLEI INTO A JOB CENTER IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU'S POLICIES TO DEVELOP KAPOLEI INTO OAHU'S "SECONDARY URBAN CENTER".
HCR199
SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT OF THE RAINBOW STOP PILOT PROJECT TO MAKE VIEWING HAWAII'S RAINBOWS SAFE AND EASY AND PROMOTE HAWAII'S RAINBOWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HR35 HD1
REQUESTING A PROGRESS REPORT AND PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION.
HR37
URGING CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
HR53
REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW ITS CURRENT POLICY ON AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.
HR77
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY AND COST OF CONSTRUCTING A SMALL COMMERCIAL BOAT HARBOR AND SMALL COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IN SOUTH PUNA.
HR135
SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT OF THE RAINBOW STOP PILOT PROJECT TO MAKE VIEWING HAWAII'S RAINBOWS SAFE AND EASY AND PROMOTE HAWAII'S RAINBOWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HR174
RECOGNIZING THE HONOREES AND DISTINGUISHED FINALISTS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS – STATE OF HAWAII'S 2015 YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
HR176
CONGRATULATING KAHUKU HIGH SCHOOL WE THE PEOPLE: THE CITIZEN AND THE CONSTITUTION TEAM FOR THEIR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN WINNING THE 2015 STATE COMPETITION.