THE 2002 HAWAI'I STATE LEGISLATURE
State Senate

A key issue for the 25-member Senate will be whether to allow Gov. Ben Cayetano to spend the $213 million surplus in the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund. Cayetano said unless he is allowed to tap the fund to help balance the budget, he will be forced to impose deep cuts in the budgets for education and other state services. But lawmakers said many constituents are demanding that the state refund that money to the people who paid into the fund through their insurance premiums. The 22 Democrats and three Republicans in the Senate will have to make the call, and then sell their plan to the House.

Jan Buen (D) District 4 Room 228 Phone: 586-7340 Fax: 586-7343 E-mail		Robert Bunda (D) President District 22 Room 3 Phone: 586-6090 Fax: 586-6091 E-mail		Avery Chumbley (D) District 6(A) District 6(B) Room 222 Phone: 586-6030 Fax: 586-6031 E-mail		Jonathan Chun (D) District 7 Room 206 Phone: 586-7344 Fax: 586-7348 E-mail
Suzanne Chun Oakland (D) District 14(A) District 14(B) Room 223 Phone: 586-6130 Fax: 586-6131 E-mail		J. Kalani English (D) District 5(A) District 5(B) Room 205 Phone: 587-7225 Fax: 587-7230 E-mail		Carol Fukunaga (D) District 12(A) District 12(B) Room 216 Phone: 586-6890 Fax: 586-6899 E-mail		Colleen Hanabusa (D) District 21 Room 214 Phone: 586-7793 Fax: 586-7797 E-mail
Fred Hemmings (R) District 25 Room 208 Phone: 587-8388 Fax: 587-7240 E-mail		Bob Hogue (R) District 24 Room 204 Phone: 587-7215 Fax: 587-7220 E-mail		David Ige (D) District 17 Room 215 Phone: 586-6230 Fax: 586-6231 E-mail		Les Ihara (D) District 10 Room 217 Phone: 586-6250 Fax: 586-6251 E-mail
Lorraine Inouye (D) District 1 Room 201 Phone: 586-7335 Fax: 586-7339 E-mail		Brian Kanno (D) District 20 Room 202 Phone: 586-6830 Fax: 586-6679 E-mail		Cal Kawamoto (D) District 19(A) District 19(B) Room 230 Phone: 586-6970 Fax: 586-6879 E-mail		Donna Mercado Kim (D) District 15 Room 218 Phone: 587-7200 Fax: 587-7205 E-mail
Russell Kokobun (D) District 3(A) District 3(B) Room 207 Phone: 586-6760 Fax: 586-6689 E-mail		Matt Matsunaga (D) District 9(A) District 9(B) Room 203 Phone: 586-7100 Fax: 586-7109 E-mail		David Matsuura (D) District 2(A) District 2(B) Room 226 Phone: 586-7788 Fax: 586-7792 E-mail		Ron Menor (D) District 18(A) District 18(B) Room 219 Phone: 586-6740 Fax: 586-6829 E-mail
Bob Nakata (D) District 23(A) District 23(B) Room 231 Phone: 586-7330 Fax: 586-7334 E-mail		Norman Sakamoto (D) District 16(A) District 16(B) Room 213 Phone: 586-8585 Fax: 586-8588 E-mail		Sam Slom (R) District 8 Room 221 Phone: 586-8420 Fax: 586-8426 E-mail		Rod Tam (D) District 13(A) District 13(B) Room 220 Phone: 586-6450 Fax: 586-6451 E-mail
Brian Taniguchi (D) District 11(A) District 11(B) Room 210 Phone: 586-6460 Fax: 586-6461 E-mail

All offices are located at Hawai'i State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.

More information

• The State Capitol Web site offers a variety of information including a legislative timetable and notices of when bills will be heard. Also available at the site are texts of bills and resolutions introduced in 2001, which are still active. Bills introduced this year will be added as they are filed. A legislative history of each measure also is available at the site along with records of what bills have been referred to each committee.

• More information also is available at the Public Access Room in Room 401 of the State Capitol. Public Access Room staff have scheduled about a dozen workshops on the legislative process, citizen lobbying and other subjects for February and March. A workshop schedule will be available at the Access Room Web page. The Web site also features descriptions of how a bill becomes a law and links to other useful sites. After the session begins Wednesday, the Public Access Room will be open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. The phone number is 587-0478.