# Shirley Templo

Shirley Templo is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 30.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 30
- Serving since: 2024-11-05
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/58181d36-e194-462d-a3cb-b3ab7615fbf9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/58181d36-e194-462d-a3cb-b3ab7615fbf9 (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

Templo reported $11.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.08), from 31 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 319 bills: 319 reached committee, 178 passed one chamber, 76 passed both, 28 became law. Cosponsored 2. 67.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 17 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 197: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR197/
- HR 141: URGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION AT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION INITIATIVE MEETINGS RELATED TO RED HILL REMEDIATION… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR141/
- HCR 106: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR106/
- HCR 101: NOMINATING JOHN D. WAIHEʻE III FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ALOHA ORDER OF MERIT. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR101/
- HCR 206: REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES,… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR206/
- HCR 207: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR207/
- HCR 185: URGING ALL COUNTY PLANNING AND PERMITTING AGENCIES TO DENY ALL PERMIT APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, OR USE OF WAREHOUSES BY UNITED… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR185/
- HR 175: URGING ALL COUNTY PLANNING AND PERMITTING AGENCIES TO DENY ALL PERMIT APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, OR USE OF WAREHOUSES BY UNITED… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR175/
- HR 173: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP, ADOPT, AND IMPLEMENT A STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN GOVERNING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY AT… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR173/
- HR 93: NOMINATING JOHN D. WAIHEʻE III FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ALOHA ORDER OF MERIT. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR93/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% 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=303&year=2025
- Campaign site: https://shirleytemplo.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theofficialshirleytemplo/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repshirleytemplo/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/shirleyanntemplo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirley-templo-650ab158

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/58181d36-e194-462d-a3cb-b3ab7615fbf9