# Sam Kong

Sam Kong is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 33
- Serving since: 2014-11-04
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cbf4fe33-42cf-41c2-b689-5e4c0ff150f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbf4fe33-42cf-41c2-b689-5e4c0ff150f6 (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

36% of the 88 bills Kong sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Hawaii House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.07), from 38 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 88 bills: 88 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 46 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 107: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC FLEXIBILITY AND EQUITY FOR STUDENTS WITH CHRONIC AND AUTOIMMUNE ILLNESSES. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR107/
- HR 99: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC FLEXIBILITY AND EQUITY FOR STUDENTS WITH CHRONIC AND AUTOIMMUNE ILLNESSES. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR99/
- HCR 80: URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL A CONVENTION FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION LIMITED TO PROPOSING… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR80/
- HB 2166: RELATING TO IMMUNIZATIONS. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2166/
- HB 2464: RELATING TO TAXATION. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2464/
- HB 2591: RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2591/
- HB 2235: RELATING TO THE MILITARY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2235/
- HB 2597: RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2597/
- HB 2534: RELATING TO ROBOTICS. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2534/
- HB 2531: RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2531/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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=78
- Campaign site: https://www.friendsforsamkong.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friendsforsamkong/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsamkong/?locale=en-us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-kong-317212120

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbf4fe33-42cf-41c2-b689-5e4c0ff150f6