# Jenna Takenouchi

Jenna Takenouchi is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 27
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/928645f2-46ed-4153-ab60-5b7a8250dab3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/928645f2-46ed-4153-ab60-5b7a8250dab3 (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

100% of Takenouchi’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.05), from 109 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 439 bills: 439 reached committee, 194 passed one chamber, 129 passed both, 52 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 24 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 67: REQUESTING THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD TO STUDY THE HEALTH CARE SETTING COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF, AND DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR, INDIVIDUALS WHO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR67/
- HR 61: REQUESTING THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD TO STUDY THE HEALTH CARE SETTING COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF, AND DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR, INDIVIDUALS WHO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR61/
- HCR 35: REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BIOMARKER TESTING. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR35/
- HR 29: ESTABLISHING THE HAWAII HEALTH PLAN WORKING GROUP TO DESIGN AND RECOMMEND A BASIC, AFFORDABLE HAWAII HEALTH PLAN AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT OF THE STATE. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR29/
- HCR 27: ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO OFFER A BASIC SWIMMING COURSE IN EITHER PRIMARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION LEVELS. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR27/
- HCR 29: ESTABLISHING THE HAWAII HEALTH PLAN WORKING GROUP TO DESIGN AND RECOMMEND A BASIC, AFFORDABLE HAWAII HEALTH PLAN AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT OF THE STATE. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR29/
- HCR 25: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO CONVENE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRES WORKING GROUP. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR25/
- HR 25: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO CONVENE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRES WORKING GROUP. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR25/
- HCR 9: REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES TO IDENTIFY PROVISIONS IN WHICH THE TERM "IMPAIRED" OR A… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR9/
- HR 10: REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES TO IDENTIFY PROVISIONS IN WHICH THE TERM "IMPAIRED" OR A… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR10/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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=290&year=2023
- Campaign site: https://www.jennatakenouchi.com/about
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reptakenouchi
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennatakenouchi/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtakenouchi/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/928645f2-46ed-4153-ab60-5b7a8250dab3