# Donna Kim

Donna Kim is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2002-11-05
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f196e943-c8d6-4a35-96c2-252171c6529a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f196e943-c8d6-4a35-96c2-252171c6529a (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

62% of the 205 bills Kim sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Hawaii Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.04), from 859 donors and 2 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (HI 2025–26 session)

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

Key votes:

- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). · HB 1710 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. · pass · https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB1710/
- 2025-04-30 · voted yea · Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). · SB 38 RELATING TO HOUSING. · pass · https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2025/SB38/
- 2025-04-08 · voted yea · Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). · HB 1378 RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. · pass · https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2025/HB1378/
- 2025-03-06 · voted yea · Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). · SB 1396 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. · pass · https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2025/SB1396/

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 205 bills: 205 reached committee, 117 passed one chamber, 62 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 35. 62.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii Senate 49.9%; rank 2 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 188: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MICRO-CREDENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR188/
- SCR 195: REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO REVISE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR195/
- 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/
- SCR 203: URGING THIS BODY TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND DETERMINE… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR203/
- 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 107: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICE TO CONDUCT SEMIANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDITS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS ATTACHED… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR107/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $121.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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=189&year=2012
- Campaign site: https://www.donnamercadokim.com/
- X: https://x.com/DonnaMercadoKim
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatordonnamercadokim
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/Donnamercadokim14
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/se-donna-kim-b2232848

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f196e943-c8d6-4a35-96c2-252171c6529a