# Scot Matayoshi

Scot Matayoshi is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 49.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 49
- Serving since: 2018-11-06
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/78cc3d2c-31b6-421f-a666-5a96ca3fe65a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78cc3d2c-31b6-421f-a666-5a96ca3fe65a (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

Matayoshi sits at −0.81 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 76% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.04), from 180 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 602 bills: 602 reached committee, 291 passed one chamber, 164 passed both, 69 became law. Cosponsored 28. 67.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 16 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 205: COMMENDING AND HONORING ALAN JOHNSON FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH HINA MAUKA. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR205/
- 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/
- 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/
- HR 98: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR98/
- HCR 172: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AND PROCUREMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO REVIEW ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR172/
- HR 94: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE, TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PEER… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR94/
- HR 109: URGING THE GOVERNOR TO ASSESS FOOD INSECURITY CONDITIONS AND IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE PLAN. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR109/
- HR 95: AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT INCREASE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE AND INSTALL SHADE TREES IN URBAN AREAS TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR95/
- HCR 117: URGING THE GOVERNOR TO ASSESS FOOD INSECURITY CONDITIONS AND IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE PLAN. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR117/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $84.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% 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=89&year=2019
- Campaign site: https://www.scotmatayoshi.com/
- X: https://x.com/ScotMatayoshi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repscotmatayoshi
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repscotmatayoshi/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scot-matayoshi-4038ab24/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78cc3d2c-31b6-421f-a666-5a96ca3fe65a