# Samantha DeCorte

Samantha DeCorte is a Republican member of the Hawaii Senate for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Hawaii Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2024-11-05
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a60db8b-b07f-45da-8169-46ddd043ce02

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a60db8b-b07f-45da-8169-46ddd043ce02 (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

32% of the 180 bills DeCorte sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Hawaii Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.09), from 90 donors and 2 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (HI 2025–26 session)

4 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Hawaii Senate 99.5%).

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 180 bills: 179 reached committee, 46 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 2. 32.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii Senate 49.9%; rank 22 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 198: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING, CLASSIFYING, AND APPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE AND… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR198/
- SCR 199: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK IN THE OFFICE OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS THAT IMPROVES RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR199/
- SR 185: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR185/
- SR 186: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING, CLASSIFYING, AND APPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE AND… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR186/
- SCR 197: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR197/
- SR 189: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM CONTRACTORS AND PREQUALIFIED SMALL CONTRACTORS… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR189/
- SR 187: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK IN THE OFFICE OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS THAT IMPROVES RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR187/
- SCR 201: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM CONTRACTORS AND PREQUALIFIED SMALL CONTRACTORS… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR201/
- SB 3337: RELATING TO TAXATION. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3337/
- SB 3287: RELATING TO ENCAMPMENTS. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SB3287/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.6K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 93% 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=308&year=2025
- Campaign site: https://www.samanthadecorte.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samanthadecorteforstatesenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthadecorte.hi/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bbehawaii

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a60db8b-b07f-45da-8169-46ddd043ce02