Legislative Members

30th Legislature, 2019
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Floor session convene times for January 22, 2019:
Senate: 9:30 a.m. | House of Representatives: 9:00 a.m.

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Senate District 3
Hawaii State Capitol
Room 206
phone: 808-586-9385
fax: 808-586-9391
senkanuha@capitol.hawaii.gov

Member of the following committees:

Housing

Education

Government Operations

Ways and Means

District Information

3rd Senatorial District Map - Kona, Ka‘ū

EDUCATION

• Mokuaikaua Church Preschool
• Kahakai Elementary School
• Kealakehe Intermediate and High School
• University of San Diego - Political Science, B.A., with a Minor in Business Administration

PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE

• President, HSAC (Hawaii State Association of Counties)
• Member, WIR Board (Western Interstate Region, an affliate of NACo)
• Member, Board of Directors, NACo (National Association of Counties)
• Volunteer Instructor, children's tennis at the Old Kona Airport
• Volunteer, Kealakehe High School Waveriders Against Drugs
• Kona Representative, Hawai‘i Island Burial Council (2010-2011)
• Member, Board of Directors, Kai ‘O Pua Canoe Club
• Founding Member, The Betty Kanuha Fundation, Inc. (formed in 2001 as a tribute to Dru's Grandmother), a non-profit organization supporting literacy and cultural programs
• Vice Chair, 2011 Hawai‘i County Redistricting Commission

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

• Chair and Presiding Officer of the County Council, 2014-2016 Hawai‘i County Council
• Chair of the Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, 2012-2014 Hawai‘i County Council
• Vice Chair of the Committee on Environmental Management, 2012-2014 Hawai‘i County Council
• Water and Agricultural Resources, Kamehameha Schools-Land Assets Division, Hawai‘i Island (supporting Kamehameha Schools' Strategic Agricultural Plan)
• Legislative Aide, Judiciary and Labor Committee (Senator Clayton Hee, Chair), Hawai‘i State Legislature

Measures Introduced

	Title
SB1	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB9	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SB12	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.
SB16	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SB114	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.
SB115	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB210	RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.
SB229	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
SB253	RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE.
SB262	RELATING TO PUEO RESEARCH.
SB263	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
SB265	RELATING TO ‘ULU.
SB299	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SB303	RELATING TO GARDENS.
SB351	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB356	RELATING TO INSURANCE.
SB365	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB367	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB368	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB369	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB371	RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
SB375	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
SB378	RELATING TO LAND USE.
SB379	RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.
SB383	RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
SB387	RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING.
SB388	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB390	RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES.
SB391	RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
SB392	RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SB398	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
SB399	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.
SB400	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB407	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY.
SB457	RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER.
SB469	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.
SB472	RELATING TO PUNA.
SB516	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SB517	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB577	RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS.
SB591	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SB635	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 5, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.
SB657	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SB661	RELATING TO FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SB666	RELATING TO AN AIRPORTS CORPORATION.
SB684	RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SB690	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
SB691	RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.
SB698	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
SB867	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB868	RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
SB869	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
SB870	RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
SB871	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.
SB872	RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SB873	RELATING TO WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SB874	RELATING TO HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
SB875	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LIFEGUARDS.
SB876	RELATING TO THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
SB877	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB878	RELATING TO HOUSING.
SB879	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY.
SB880	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
SB881	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB882	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
SB883	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB884	RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.
SB885	RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD RENTERS CREDIT.
SB886	RELATING TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SB887	RELATING TO TOBACCO TAXES.
SB888	RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
SB889	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB890	RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING.
SB891	RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SB892	RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SB893	RELATING TO RECYCLING.
SB894	RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
SB895	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
SB896	RELATING TO GENERATION OF STATE REVENUES.
SB897	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY MONITORING.
SB901	RELATING TO ONSITE NON-POTABLE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS.
SB908	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY.
SB909	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
SB910	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB911	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB921	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SB927	RELATING TO HUNTING.
SB929	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE.
SB930	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
SB932	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
SB933	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.
SB938	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
SB939	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SB968	RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS.
SB982	RELATING TO KINDERGARTEN.
SB983	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB1023	RELATING TO AGING.
SB1026	RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
SB1028	RELATING TO RETIREMENT SAVINGS.
SB1034	RELATING TO INSURANCE.
SB1035	RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
SB1040	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.
SB1042	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
SB1052	RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB1053	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.
SB1058	RELATING TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

In 2018, Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha was elected to the Hawai‘i State Senate to represent Kona and Ka‘ū.

Over the course of three decades, Senator Kanuha has served tireless years as a public servant and advocate for The Betty Kanuha Foundation, Kai ‘Ōpua Canoe Club, Kealakehe High School Waveriders Against Drugs, and other numerous community organizations. Later in Senator Kanuha's political career, he served on the National Association of Counties and Hawai‘i State Association of Counties. In 2012, Senator Kanuha was elected to represent Kona on the Hawai‘i County Council and, thereafter, served two re-elected terms. In 2014, Senator Kanuha was elected by his County Council peers as the first-ever Council Chair from Kona.

With deep roots on the Big Island, Senator Kanuha was born in Kealakekua and raised near the shore in the ahupua‘a of Hōlualoa. Senator Kanuha's father, Jerome Kanuha, a well-known carpenter, has lineage that goes back many generations in the Keōpū ahupua‘a. Senator Kanuha's mother, Debbie Mogel, born in Pennsylvania, moved to Rodondo, California, where she spent most of her childhood before moving to Kona more than 40 years ago. Senator Kanuha has only one sibling, his sister, Lelia Kanuha, one brother-in-law Aaron, and two nephews, Kamoa and Kahana.

Senator Kanuha attended Moku‘aikaua Preschool, Kahakai Elementary, and Kealakehe Intermediate and High Schools. He went on to attend the University of San Diego, earning his degree in Political Science and Business Administration.

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