# Kyle Yamashita

Kyle Yamashita is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 12
- Serving since: 2004-11-02
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/51f31e1a-2fe4-4029-b49c-c3affa0b848d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51f31e1a-2fe4-4029-b49c-c3affa0b848d (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

69% of the 106 bills Yamashita sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Hawaii House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.04), from 215 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 106 bills: 106 reached committee, 68 passed one chamber, 50 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 12 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 208: COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE CANDIDATES AND DISTINGUISHED FINALISTS FOR THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAIʻI 2026 YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARDS. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR208/
- HR 60: 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… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR60/
- HCR 66: 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… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR66/
- HCR 36: ESTABLISHING A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE PREFECTURE OF OKAYAMA, JAPAN. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR36/
- HB 2532: RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN FLAG. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2532/
- HB 2429: RELATING TO TAX EXPENDITURE EVALUATION. (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2429/
- HB 2597: RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2597/
- HB 2599: RELATING TO AQUATIC PROTECTION. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2599/
- HB 2490: RELATING TO COASTAL RESILIENCE. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2490/
- HB 2343: RELATING TO VETERANS. (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2343/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=149&year=2024
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kyle.yamashita.77
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yamashitakyle/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51f31e1a-2fe4-4029-b49c-c3affa0b848d