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Photo of Michelle N. Kidani

Senate District 18
Mililani Town, Waipi‘o Gentry, Crestview, Waikele, portion of Waipahu, Village Park, Royal Kunia
Room: 214
Phone: 808-586-7100
Fax: 808-586-7109
senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov

Senator Michelle Kidani was first elected to the Hawai‘i State Senate in 2008. Through reapportionment, her district was expanded from her hometown neighborhood in Mililani to include the communities of Royal Kunia, Village Park, Waikele and most of Waipio Gentry. She continues to serve as Vice President of the Senate in the Thirtieth State Legislature.

Following several sessions in which she coordinated the Senate's construction project budget as Vice Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, Senator Kidani was appointed Chair of the Committee on Education. Her Committee oversees programs relating to early education, K-12 public schools - including charter schools - continuing education and the state's public libraries.

Senator Kidani regularly attends national and regional conferences for state legislative education chairs. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Education Committee of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), and Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators (NAPACSL). In November 2017, she was named to serve a two-year term on the Steering Committee of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Senator Kidani is also an active member of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), and the Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs (BHCC).

Her election to the Senate caps a lengthy career in public service during which she held positions with the State of Hawai‘i and the City and County of Honolulu. She was Customer Service Branch Administrator for MedQuest in the State Department of Human Services when a section she supervised won the State's Team Excellence Award in 2004. At the City, she was a Senior Adviser to the Honolulu City Council, an Executive Assistant in the Neighborhood Commission Office and served on the staff of Honolulu City Councilmember Lee Donohue.

Senator Kidani has also been active in the Waipahu and Mililani communities for many years. Working for the Waipahu Community Association, she helped to establish the popular annual Taste of Waipahu community services fundraiser. In Mililani, where she raised her family, the Senator has been on the Board of the Mililani Town Association, the largest homeowner's association in the State, since 1995. She is the Board's current Vice President. For ten years she was also an elected member of the Mililani Neighborhood Board, and from 1984-1996 was a manager, coach and member of the Board for Mililani/Waipio Bobby Sox softball teams.

Senator Kidani is a 1966 graduate of Farrington High School and attended Honolulu Business College and Leeward Community College before receiving a B.S. in Business Administration from Kennedy-Western University.
•  Mililani Town Association Board of Directors, (1998-present)
•  Member, Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu Neighborhood (1995-2005)
•  Honolulu Community Action Program Board of Directors, (2000-2005)
•  Administrator Customer Services, State of Hawai‘i MedQuest (2002-2005)
•  Hawai‘i Leadership Academy, (2004)
•  Deputy, Neighborhood Commission Office
•  Senior Advisor, Honolulu City Council (1988-2000)

Awards and Recognition
•  State Director, Women in Government (2010)
•  Alumni of the Year, Farrington High School (2010)
•  Fabulous Freshman Senator of the Year, Hawai‘i Women's Political Caucus (2009)
•  Relay for Life, American Cancer Society
•  Mililani Graffiti Busters
•  Volunteer, Aloha United Way
•  Manager and Vice President, Mililani-Waipio Bobby Sox League
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2023 End of Session Newsletter



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2025 Committee Member of
 Measures Introduced in 2025
Measure and Title
SB121
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW THE SENATE MORE TIME TO CONFIRM JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
SB134
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
SB135
RELATING TO THE LABELING OF MACADAMIA NUTS.
SB177
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.
SB178
RELATING TO SURFING.
SB308
RELATING TO FIREARMS.
SB310
RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB311
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
SB315
RELATING TO FERAL PIGS.
SB326
RELATING TO REVOLVING FUNDS.
SB327
RELATING TO INTERNSHIPS.
SB328
RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB329
RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.
SB345
RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING.
SB357
RELATING TO LABOR.
SB364
RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES.
SB368
RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS.
SB371
RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES.
SB372
RELATING TO STATE NAMING COMMISSION.
SB374
RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS.
SB375
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
SB377
RELATING TO TAXATION.
SB378
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SB379
RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SB385
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
SB392
RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
SB410
RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYMENT.
SB417
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
SB420
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB421
RELATING TO LITERACY.
SB422
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB423
RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.
SB425
RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.
SB432
RELATING TO EQUITABLE GENDER REPRESENTATION ON CORPORATE BOARDS.
SB436
RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
SB437
RELATING TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER.
SB438
RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
SB439
RELATING TO FEES.
SB440
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
SB441
RELATING TO THE HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
SB442
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.
SB443
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
SB444
RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.
SB445
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.