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Democratic
· Representative
Kyle Yamashita
Represents District 12 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 1 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 6 of 6 roll calls · House median 99%
Their bills that became law
12 of 57
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 46
Roll calls on record
6
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Kyle Yamashita votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Times they broke with their party
0 of 1 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1642 · Relating To Consumer Protection.
In plain English Beginning October 1, 2026, prohibits owning, operating, or managing a kiosk that exchanges U.S. currency for digital financial assets.
House Conference: Passed, With Amendments · 2026-04-29 · Passed 3–1
SB3255 · Relating To Currency.
In plain English Allows cash transactions to be rounded to the nearest five cents, with amounts of one or two cents rounded up to five cents.
House Conference: Passed, With Amendments · 2026-04-29 · Passed 3–0
HB2344 · Relating To School Facilities.
In plain English Creates a temporary commission to develop recommendations for school consolidations, realignments, and closures, with expedited approval and funding.
House Conference: Passed, With Amendments · 2026-05-01 · Passed 4–0
HB1718 · Relating To Housing.
In plain English Allows counties to permanently issue bonds to finance mixed-use housing developments near transit, removing a previous expiration date.
House Conference: Passed, With Amendments · 2026-05-01 · Passed 5–0
HB2429 · Relating To Tax Expenditure Evaluation.
In plain English Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study tax expenditure effectiveness and submit annual reports to the Legislature starting after 2026.
House Conference: Passed, With Amendments · 2026-05-01 · Passed 5–0
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Kyle Yamashita was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced57
Out of committee37
Passed one chamber34
Passed both chambers12
Became law12
Never left committee20
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 46 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Counties 7Appropriations ($) 6Appropriation ($) 6Short Form 5Reports 5Taxation 4
Relating To School Facilities.
In plain English Creates a temporary commission to develop recommendations for school consolidations, realignments, and closures, with expedited approval and funding.
Official synopsis: Establishes a temporary, independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive package of school consolidations, realignments, and closures based on the federal Base Realignment and Closure model. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires an expedited approval process for the recommended…
Became lawAct 264, on 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). · 2026-07-15
Relating To Health.
In plain English Establishes a one-year pilot program in the Department of Health to provide in-home health care and support services to eligible participants who don't qualify for existing government assistance.
Official synopsis: Establishes within the Department of Health a one-year KupunAloha Pilot Program to provide in-home health care and support services to eligible participants who do not otherwise qualify for government assistance for these services. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Pilot program sunsets 6/30/2027. (CD1)
Became lawAct 246, on 07/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). · 2026-07-14
Relating To Human Trafficking.
In plain English Requires hotels and similar lodging businesses to train employees on human trafficking awareness, maintain records, post signage, and establish reporting procedures.
Official synopsis: Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop a Human Trafficking Awareness Training Program, or approve externally developed programs, to educate and train workers in the transient accommodations sector. Requires transient accommodations employers or transient accommodations third-party contractors to periodically provide the human trafficking…
Became lawAct 191, on 07/07/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). · 2026-07-07
Relating To Domestic Violence.
In plain English Extends for five years provisions on family abuse offenses, including petty misdemeanor penalties and deferred guilty pleas, and requires court reports to the Legislature.
Official synopsis: Extends for five years certain provisions from Act 19, SLH 2020, and Act 238, SLH 2021, relating to abuse of family or household members, including establishing a petty misdemeanor offense of abuse of family or household members, clarifying penalties for violations, and allowing a deferred…
Became lawAct 192, on 07/07/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). · 2026-07-07
Relating To Tax Expenditure Evaluation.
In plain English Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study tax expenditure effectiveness and submit annual reports to the Legislature starting after 2026.
Official synopsis: Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Taxation, to study the effectiveness of tax expenditures, prepare summary descriptive statistics, submit annual reports to the Legislature, and develop appropriate schedules and tax return forms to collect adequate information…
Became lawAct 160, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). · 2026-06-26
Relating To Family.
In plain English Exempts parentage and divorce proceedings from required mediation when domestic abuse is alleged.
Official synopsis: Establishes an exemption from mediation in parentage proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to domestic abuse. (SD1)
Became lawAct 089, on 06/05/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1189). · 2026-06-05
Relating To Veterans.
In plain English Removes the June 30, 2027 deadline for merging the Maui State Veterans Home into a state agency and requires the merger to happen as soon as practicable instead.
Official synopsis: Repeals the 6/30/2027 deadline by which the Maui State Veterans Home must be assimilated into a state agency having a Maui affiliation and instead requires the assimilation to be completed as soon as practicable. (SD1)
Became lawAct 018, on 05/19/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). · 2026-05-19
Relating To Dementia.
Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, fire chiefs, Law Enforcement Standards Board, and Department of Health to make available at least one hour of dementiaspecific training for first responders, including law enforcement officers, fire first responders, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Executive Office…
Passed one chamberConference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329. · 2026-05-01
Establishing A Sister-state Relationship Between The State Of Hawaii, United States Of America, And The Prefecture Of Okayama, Japan.
Became lawResolution adopted in final form. · 2026-04-23
Relating To Aquatic Protection.
In plain English Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to manage aquatic life using best science, maintain reefs and native species to withstand threats, and report annually on coral resilience efforts.
Official synopsis: Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to: manage the aquatic life and aquatic resources of the State, giving the highest priority to protecting, restoring, and maintaining ecosystem integrity and using the best peer-reviewed scientific data available; maintain…
Passed one chamberReceived notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). · 2026-04-21
Relating To The Adequate Reserve Fund.
In plain English Increases the multiplier used to calculate Hawaii's adequate reserve fund for unemployment insurance starting in 2026.
Official synopsis: Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" by increasing the multiplier used to calculate its amount from the existing factor of 1, to unspecified amounts for calendar year 2026 and for calendar year 2027 and thereafter. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to…
Passed one chamberReceived notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799). · 2026-04-21
Relating To School Facilities.
In plain English Requires the School Facilities Authority to establish geographic districts for managing school capital projects and transfers related functions and funds from the Department of Education to the Authority.
Official synopsis: Requires the School Facilities Authority to establish geographically based capital improvement project districts for the localized management of capital improvement projects. Transfers all capital improvement project functions, funds, and vacant Facilities Development Branch positions from the Department of Education to the School Facilities Authority. Clarifies…
Passed one chamberReceived notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). · 2026-04-17
Relating To Sports Facilities.
In plain English Requires conditions to be met before spending Stadium Development Special Fund money, restricts private donations to infrastructure costs, and appropriates funds subject to project readiness conditions.
Official synopsis: Requires conditions placed on appropriations to the Stadium Development Special Fund to be met before expenditure. Restricts private donations to the Stadium Authority to use on stadium infrastructure and stadium development costs. Appropriates funds out of the Stadium Development Special Fund, subject to the completion…
Passed one chamberRe-Referred to EDT/EDU, WAM. · 2026-04-17
Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Conduct A Study On The Effect Of State And County Tax Structures And Programs On The Long-term Economic Growth Of The State Of Hawaii.
Passed one chamberReferred to EDT, WAM. · 2026-04-10
Affirming And Supporting The Requirement That Hospitals Provide Life-saving Emergency Care To Pregnant People, Including Reproductive And Abortion Services, When Such Care Is Medically Necessary To Stabilize A Patient Under The Emergency Medical Treatment And Active Labor Act.
Passed one chamberReferred to HHS. · 2026-04-10
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HB1718 · 2026-05-01
Relating To Housing. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
HB2344 · 2026-05-01
Relating To School Facilities. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
HB2429 · 2026-05-01
Relating To Tax Expenditure Evaluation. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
HB1800 · 2026-04-30
Relating To The State Budget. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
HB1642 · 2026-04-29
Relating To Consumer Protection. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
SB3255 · 2026-04-29
Relating To Currency. (House Conference: Passed, With Amendments)
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