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 18
Hawaii State Capitol
Room 228
phone: 808-586-7100
fax: 808-586-7109
senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov

Member of the following committees:

Education

Higher Education

Ways and Means

District Information

18th Senatorial District Map (Part 1 | Part 2) - Mililani Town, portion of Waipi‘o Gentry, Waikele, Village Park, Royal Kunia

Documents and Links

2019 MidWeek Columns
A new year offers opportunities

Experience

• Mililani Town Association Board of Directors, (1998-present)
• Member, Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu Neighborhood (1995-2005)
• Honolulu Community Action Program Board of Directors, (2000-2005)
• Administrator Customer Services, State of Hawai‘i MedQuest (2002-2005)
• Hawai‘i Leadership Academy, (2004)
• Deputy, Neighborhood Commission Office
• Senior Advisor, Honolulu City Council (1988-2000)

Awards and Recognition

• State Director, Women in Government (2010)
• Alumni of the Year, Farrington High School (2010)
• Fabulous Freshman Senator of the Year, Hawai‘i Women's Political Caucus (2009)
• Relay for Life, American Cancer Society
• Mililani Graffiti Busters
• Volunteer, Aloha United Way
• Manager and Vice President, Mililani-Waipio Bobby Sox League

Archives

2018 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2018 (Waipahu)
January 2018 (Mililani)
February 2018 (Waipahu)
February 2018 (Mililani)
March 2018 (Waipahu)
March 2018 (Mililani)
April 2018
2018 Legislative Session Report
June 2018
July 2018 (Waipahu)
July 2018 (Mililani)
September 2018
October 2018
November 2018 (Waipahu)
November 2018 (Mililani)

2018 MidWeek Columns
Grow Our Own teachers program a reality
2018 session underway
Are you ready?
Diversifying West Oahu
Funds for Mililani schools
Mililani projects added to state budget
Graduation season
Mililani High School is Number One!
Mililani School honors
UHWO Creative Media Center
Celebrating success!
Better late than never
Waipahu's super scientists
ALEA Bridge partners with Kipapa Elementary
Legislative work continues
Our schools by the numbers
Another first for Waipahu High School
Planning for our 2019 legislative session

2017 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017 (Mililani)
April 2017 (Waipahu)
May 2017
June 2017 (Waipahu)
June 2017 (Mililani)
July 2017
September 2017 (Mililani)
September 2017 (Waipahu)
October 2017
November 2017 (Waipahu)
November 2017 (Mililani)

2017 MidWeek Columns
Legislative session underway
All-stars at Mililani High
Deadlines approaching
Planning for tomorrow's jobs
Excellence in School Leadership
Session ending
Rail funding unresolved
Mililani grads shine
Outstanding students honored
Welcoming Superintendent Kishimoto
Back to the classroom
Rail funding approved
The heart of Waipahu Town
School numbers
Congratulations are in order
A Waipahu educator honored
Our teacher of the year

2016 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2016
February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016
September 2016 (Waipahu)
September 2016 (Mililani)
October 2016 (Waipahu)
October 2016 (Mililani)
November 2016 (Waipahu)
November 2016 (Mililani)

2016 MidWeek Columns
A Legacy Project at Kanoelani Elementary
Legislative session underway
In praise of good teachers
Legislative session update
Waipio EMS facility under construction
Celebrating Women's History Month
Honors to the Class of 2016
Legislature adjourns for 2016
Restoring the Wall
Education Summit
Tackling the Traffic
Cooling the schools
Refocusing our campuses
Saluting Student Athletes
A Golden Anniversary
Mahalo, Dr. Doris Ching
A well-deserved retirement

2015 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2015 (Mililani)
January 2015 (Waipahu)
February 2015
March 2015 (Mililani)
March 2015 (Waipahu)
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
September 2015
October 2015 (Waipahu)
October 2015 (Mililani)
November 2015 (Waipahu)
November 2015 (Mililani)

2015 MidWeek Columns
Waikele Road Improvements To Relieve Traffic Jams
Consumer-savvy Waipahu High School
Mililani blessed with talented, caring educators
Positive leadership influencing west schools
Funding available for Mililani Schools
Efforts To Fund Early Learning and Area Schools
Mililani High attracts national attention
Congratulations Waipahu High Grads!
Celebrating Title IX
Supporting Central Oahu solar farms
Welcoming the new school year
Waipahu science students shine
Recognizing language skills
Career Academies gain accreditation
2016 legislative session approaching
Working for traffic relief
Mililani athletes, Waipahu super students
Mililani Middle moves away from multi-track

2014 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2014
February 2014
March 2014
April 2014
May 2014
June 2014
July 2014
August 2014
September 2014
October 2014
November 2014 (Mililani)
November 2014 (Waipahu)

2013 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2013
February 2013 Mililani report
February 2013 Waipahu report
March 2013
April 2013
May 2013
2013 Legislative Wrap-Up
June 2013
Gentry Waipio News - June 13, 2013
July 2013
September 2013
October 2013
November 2013

2012 Neighborhood Board Reports
January 2012 Waipahu report
January 2012 Mililani report
February 2012 Mililani report
February 2012 Waipahu report
March 2012 Mililani report
March 2012 Waipahu report
April 2012 Mililani Mauka report
April 2012 Mililani Town and Waipahu report
May 2012 Mililani report
May 2012 Waipahu report
June 2012 End of Session Newsletter
July 2012 Waipahu report
July 2012 Mililani Mauka report
August 2012
September 2012 Mililani Mauka report
September 2012 Mililani Town report
September 2012 Waipahu report
October 2012 Mililani report
October 2012 Waipahu report
November 2012 Mililani report
November 2012 Waipahu report

Measures Introduced

	Title
SB9	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SB12	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.
SB78	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB79	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB80	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB81	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB82	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB83	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB84	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB85	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB86	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB87	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB88	RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY.
SB89	RELATING TO DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.
SB90	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB91	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB114	RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.
SB115	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB119	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB210	RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.
SB212	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
SB214	RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.
SB227	RELATING TO IMMIGRATION.
SB261	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
SB265	RELATING TO ‘ULU.
SB338	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SB339	RELATING TO IMPROVEMENTS AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL.
SB340	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SB341	RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
SB342	RELATING TO CRIMINAL DEFENSE.
SB365	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB367	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB368	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB369	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SB371	RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
SB372	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
SB373	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB374	RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
SB375	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
SB376	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB377	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
SB378	RELATING TO LAND USE.
SB379	RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.
SB380	RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
SB382	RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB383	RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
SB385	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.
SB387	RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING.
SB388	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB389	RELATING TO PREFERENTIAL ELECTRICITY RATES FOR PROTECTED AGRICULTURE.
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.
SB406	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
SB409	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SB410	RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.
SB536	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.
SB540	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
SB542	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB581	RELATING TO LIABILITY.
SB592	RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN.
SB606	RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
SB666	RELATING TO AN AIRPORTS CORPORATION.
SB698	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
SB747	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
SB768	RELATING TO ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SB818	RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
SB820	RELATING TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH.
SB840	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB845	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB857	RELATING TO PAYMENTS OF SUPPORT.
SB912	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SB965	RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB966	RELATING TO MILILANI TECHNOLOGY PARK.
SB967	RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION.
SB968	RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS.
SB969	RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION.
SB970	RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SB971	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SB972	RELATING TO SHIP REPAIR INDUSTRY.
SB973	RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
SB974	RELATING TO VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX.
SB975	RELATING TO COUNTY LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.
SB976	RELATING TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
SB977	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES.
SB978	RELATING TO STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SB979	RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY.
SB980	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB981	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD SPECIAL FUND.
SB982	RELATING TO KINDERGARTEN.
SB983	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB984	RELATING TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH SERVICES.
SB985	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PEARL HARBOR FLOATING DRYDOCK, LLC.
SB998	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.; MAUI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED; AND HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
SB1010	RELATING TO HEALTH.
SB1033	RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF MIDWIVES.
SB1034	RELATING TO INSURANCE.
SB1035	RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
SB1036	RELATING TO CLINICAL VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES.
SB1037	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SB1038	RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SB1039	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.
SB1040	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.
SB1041	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
SB1042	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
SB1044	RELATING TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING.
SCR12	REQUESTING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AMEND FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE FORCED INTO ARBITRATION AND SILENCE INSTEAD HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURTS.
SR11	REQUESTING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AMEND FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE FORCED INTO ARBITRATION AND SILENCE INSTEAD HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURTS.

Senator Michelle Kidani was first elected to the Hawai‘i State Senate in 2008. Through reapportionment, her district was expanded from her hometown neighborhood in Mililani to include the communities of Royal Kunia, Village Park, Waikele and most of Waipio Gentry.

Following several sessions in which she coordinated the Senate's construction project budget as Vice Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, Senator Kidani was appointed Chair of the Committee on Education. Her Committee oversees programs relating to early education, K-12 public schools - including charter schools - continuing education and the state's public libraries. She continues to serve as Vice President of the Senate in the Thirtieth State Legislature.

Senator Kidani regularly attends national and regional conferences for state legislative education chairs. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Education Committee of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), and Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators (NAPACSL). In November 2017, she was named to serve a two-year term on the Steering Committee of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Senator Kidani is also an active member of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), and the Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs (BHCC).

Her election to the Senate caps a lengthy career in public service during which she held positions with the State of Hawai‘i and the City and County of Honolulu. She was Customer Service Branch Administrator for MedQuest in the State Department of Human Services when a section she supervised won the State's Team Excellence Award in 2004. At the City, she was a Senior Adviser to the Honolulu City Council, an Executive Assistant in the Neighborhood Commission Office and served on the staff of Honolulu City Councilmember Lee Donohue.

Senator Kidani has also been active in the Waipahu and Mililani communities for many years. Working for the Waipahu Community Association, she helped to establish the popular annual Taste of Waipahu community services fundraiser. In Mililani, where she raised her family, the Senator has been on the Board of the Mililani Town Association, the largest homeowner's association in the State, since 1995. She is the Board's current Vice President. For ten years she was also an elected member of the Mililani Neighborhood Board, and from 1984-1996 was a manager, coach and member of the Board for Mililani/Waipio Bobby Sox softball teams.

Senator Kidani is a 1966 graduate of Farrington High School and attended Honolulu Business College and Leeward Community College before receiving a B.S. in Business Administration from Kennedy-Western University.

Friday, November 30, 2018

HAWAI‘I SENATOR MICHELLE KIDANI SELECTED AS A DELEGATE TO US-JAPAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

State Senator Michelle Kidani is one of six Asian-American state legislators who form the US delegation traveling to Japan next week as part of the Asian American Leadership Delegation (AALD) program.

The delegation will travel to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka November 30-December 8 to meet with Japanese government leaders, business executives, nonprofit leaders and academics in a variety of settings. The exchange of ideas and learning opportunities aim to create networks that can be mutually beneficial to US-Japan relations.

"Many Hawai‘i residents proudly trace their roots to Japan and other countries in Asia, and Hawai‘i benefits from broad-based international perspectives on many issues we lawmakers deal with — especially the importance of education," Senator Kidani said. "I look forward to interacting with and learning from both the participants in the program from Japan as well as from my fellow US legislator delegates."

Twenty-three US legislators have participated in the AALD program since it was created in 2014. In addition to Senator Kidani of Hawai‘i, the 2018 delegates are: State Delegate Mark Chang of the Maryland General Assembly, State Assemblyman Steven Choi of the California State Assembly, State Representative Fue Lee of the Minnesota House of Representatives, State Representative Theresa Mah of the Illinois House of Representatives and State Assembly Member Youh-Line Niou of the New York State Assembly.

The AALD is funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and implemented by the US-Japan Council in collaboration with the National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators. Senator Kidani is a participating member of the Caucus.

Information about the program and biographies of all six delegates: http://www.usjapancouncil.org/aald
Information on USJC: http://www.usjapancouncil.org/.