# Chris Lee

Chris Lee is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2020-11-03
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3484e323-b1a2-4c41-ad9f-8153445f8cd4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3484e323-b1a2-4c41-ad9f-8153445f8cd4 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Lee has served since 2020.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.05), from 87 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 483 bills: 483 reached committee, 216 passed one chamber, 122 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii Senate 49.9%; rank 16 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 156: DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS MARCH4WATER MONTH IN THE STATE. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR156/
- SCR 102: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COLLABORATE TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL, LONG-TERM COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM TO… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR102/
- SCR 171: URGING THE CONVENING OF A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGING THERAPIES TASK FORCE TO PREPARE THE STATE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF BREAKTHROUGH THERAPIES AND TO EXPLORE… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR171/
- SR 163: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS ON THE BEST PATHS TO MAXIMIZE COST REDUCTION AND MINIMIZE FINANCIAL RISK TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR163/
- SCR 166: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO MAKE CERTAIN JUDGMENTS, CONSIDERATIONS, AND DECISIONS WHEN MAKING ANY DETERMINATION RELATING TO A GENERATIONAL… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR166/
- SR 106: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DETAILING FARM-TO-SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION, LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT, REGIONAL KITCHEN… (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR106/
- SR 95: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COORDINATION WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO TRANSITION THE SCHOOL BUSES USED FOR PUBLIC… (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR95/
- SCR 99: CONVENING A WORKING GROUP TO ESTABLISH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURE ENGAGEMENT AND RELATED INITIATIVES. (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR99/
- SR 158: REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE COST AND SCOPE OF A COMPREHENSIVE, STATEWIDE SURVEY OF MĀHŪ, LGBTQIA+, AND QTPI+… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR158/
- SR 93: CONVENING A WORKING GROUP TO ESTABLISH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURE ENGAGEMENT AND RELATED INITIATIVES. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR93/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=27&year=2017
- Campaign site: https://www.chrisleehawaii.com/
- X: https://x.com/chrisleehawaii?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisleehawaiii/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisleehawaii/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisLeeHawaii/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lee-8ba5aba6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3484e323-b1a2-4c41-ad9f-8153445f8cd4