Who Are Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Listening To? See How They Vote

Hawaiʻi legislators make many decisions on bills behind closed doors. Civil Beat’s new searchable tracker of archived information helps you connect the dots.

Hawaiʻi’s Legislature is tough to follow.

Lawmakers long ago exempted themselves from the state’s Sunshine Law that requires the public’s business to be done openly. Legislative leaders and committee chairs tightly control the process and what information gets out to the public. Legislation is sometimes killed behind closed doors without explanation. More than 3,000 bills are introduced every year and the session whizzes by so fast — in just four months — that it can be nearly impossible to figure out what’s really happening on important issues before it’s too late.

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