Office of Elections

Date	Time	Location	Agenda	Meeting Materials
May 17, 2021	12:00 P.M.	Video: https://zoom.us/j/94485555070 Telephone: +1 669 900 6833 +1 253 215 8782 +1 346 248 7799 +1 929 205 6099 +1 301 715 8592 +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 944 8555 5070	Agenda	N/A

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Meeting Date	Agenda	Meeting Materials	Testimony	Video	Written Summary for Video Record
April 13, 2021	Agenda	Meeting Materials	No public testimony submitted.	Video	Written Summary

The Reapportionment Commission is composed of the following:

• Two (2) members are selected by the Senate President
• Two (2) members are selected by the House Speaker
• Two (2) members are selected by a member of the Senate who is chosen by his/her peers who belong to a different political party from the Senate President
• Two (2) members are selected by a member of the House who is chosen by his/her peers who belong to a different political party from the House Speaker
• One (1) member is selected by three-fourths vote (6 votes) of the Reapportionment Commission to serve as Chairperson

Name	Appointing Authority
Chair Mark M. Mugiishi, M.D.
Charlotte Nekota	President of the Senate
Randall Nishimura	President of the Senate
Grant Y. M. Chun	Speaker of the House
Diane T. Ono	Speaker of the House
Robin Kennedy	Senate Minority Leader
Kevin Rathbun	Senate Minority Leader
Cal Chipchase	House Minority Leader
Dylan Nonaka	House Minority Leader

An Advisory Council from each basic island unit is established to serve in an advisory capacity to the commission for matters affecting its island unit. Each of the four (4) officials designated as selecting authorities for the commission, will also select one person for each basic island unit. Each council will elect its own chairperson and may elect other officers.

The basic island units are:

• Island of Hawaii
• Islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and Kahoolawe
• Island of Oahu
• Islands of Kauai and Niihau

Names	Island Representation	Appointing Authority
Steven Pavao	Hawaii	President of the Senate
Amy W. Miwa	Hawaii	Speaker of the House
Marlene Murray	Hawaii	Senate Minority Leader
Jame K. Schaedel	Hawaii	House Minority Leader
Anthony Takitani	Maui	President of the Senate
Agnes Macadangdang Hayashi	Maui	Speaker of the House
Robert Stephenson	Maui	Senate Minority Leader
George Fontaine	Maui	House Minority Leader
Christopher Nii	Kauai	President of the Senate
Hermina Morita	Kauai	Speaker of the House
Laurie Yoshida	Kauai	Senate Minority Leader
Maryanne Kusaka	Kauai	House Minority Leader
Alan Takemoto	Oahu	President of the Senate
Jennifer Wilbur	Oahu	Speaker of the House
Mike Rompel	Oahu	Senate Minority Leader
Lynn Finnegan	Oahu	House Minority Leader

The Commission conducts public hearings and consults with the Advisory Council of each basic island unit during the preparation of the reapportionment plan. Within one hundred (100) days from the date all members of the commission are certified, the proposed reapportionment plan must be completed, and public notice will be given statewide. After publication of the reapportionment plan, the Commission must hold at least one (1) public hearing on the proposed plan in each basic island unit. After the public hearings, the Commission may revise the proposed plan, if necessary.

The final reapportionment plan must be filed with the chief election officer within one hundred fifty (150) days from the date all members of the commission are certified. Public notice of the final reapportionment plan will be given statewide.

• Article IV
• Federal
• Hawaii Revised Statutes
• Hawaii County Charter
• Honolulu County Charter

• U.S. Census Bureau
• Hawaii Statewide GIS Program

• 2001 Reapportionment Commission Final Report and Reapportionment Plan