# Ron Kouchi

Ron Kouchi is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2012-11-06
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ca1b2e5-0c68-4be1-ba5b-b0d935b85e6f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ca1b2e5-0c68-4be1-ba5b-b0d935b85e6f (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

Kouchi has served since 2012.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.04), from 288 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 656 bills: 656 reached committee, 286 passed one chamber, 155 passed both, 76 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii Senate 49.9%; rank 9 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 82: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN MENSTRUAL HEALTH EDUCATION INITIATIVES AND TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE MENSTRUAL CYCLE CURRICULUM. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR82/
- SCR 78: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN MENSTRUAL HEALTH EDUCATION INITIATIVES AND TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE MENSTRUAL CYCLE CURRICULUM. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR78/
- SB 3277: RELATING TO DUE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR TAX. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3277/
- SB 3300: RELATING TO PROCEDURES FOR TAX APPEALS. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3300/
- SB 3301: RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST LAWSUITS. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3301/
- SB 3151: RELATING TO TAXATION. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3151/
- SB 3088: RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3088/
- SB 3082: RELATING TO MILITARY FAMILIES. (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3082/
- SB 3119: RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROCUREMENT. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3119/
- SB 3147: RELATING TO CONSERVATION BANKS. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3147/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 94% 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=192&year=2014
- Campaign site: https://ronkouchi.com/
- X: https://x.com/ronkouchi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Ronald-D-Kouchi-100058251331704/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorronkouchi/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ca1b2e5-0c68-4be1-ba5b-b0d935b85e6f