# Diamond Garcia

Diamond Garcia is a Republican member of the Hawaii House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 42
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/810a94e5-8524-4de9-bdf2-2e0d6c64b7f2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/810a94e5-8524-4de9-bdf2-2e0d6c64b7f2 (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

30% of the 518 bills Garcia sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Hawaii House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.07), from 85 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 518 bills: 518 reached committee, 91 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 3. 29.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 47 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 209: COMMENDING TUMUA TUINEI FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A LEADING FIGURE IN HAWAIʻI’S ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY, HIS COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE OF… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR209/
- HR 142: REQUESTING THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS EMERGENCY SHELTERS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR142/
- HCR 169: URGING THE STATE AND CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE INEQUITABLE LOCATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES,… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR169/
- 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 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 168: REQUEST THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF UTILITY SERVICES, THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR168/
- HCR 128: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO COORDINATE CAPITAL… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR128/
- HR 149: URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO FINALIZE, PRIORITIZE, AND MATERIALIZE THE MAKAKILO DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR149/
- HCR 156: REQUESTING THE HAWAIʻI HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION'S EAST HAWAIʻI REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHING A RURAL HEALTH… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR156/
- 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 $24.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% 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=255&year=2024
- X: https://x.com/diamondgarcia_?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdiamondgarcia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_diamondgarcia_/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamond-garcia-95b40682/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/810a94e5-8524-4de9-bdf2-2e0d6c64b7f2