SENATE SPEC. COM. REP. NO.

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    CREDENTIALS

Honorable Malama Solomon

Temporary Chair of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Credentials begs leave to report that it has examined the Certificates of Election of the Senate of the Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, and finds that the following persons have been legally elected and are fully qualified to sit as members of the Senate.

     The newly elected Senators whose respective terms of office will expire on November 6, 2012, are:

Fourth Senatorial District

          Shan S. Tsutsui

Seventh Senatorial District

          Ronald D. Kouchi

Eighth Senatorial District

          Sam Slom

Ninth Senatorial District

          Les S. Ihara, Jr.

Tenth Senatorial District

          Brian T. Taniguchi

Eleventh Senatorial District

          Carol Fukunaga

Thirteenth Senatorial District

          Suzanne N.J. Chun Oakland

Fourteenth Senatorial District

          Donna Mercado Kim

Fifteenth Senatorial District

          Glenn Wakai

Nineteenth Senatorial District

          Mike Gabbard

Twentieth Senatorial District

          Will Espero

Twenty-Second Senatorial District

          Donovan Dela Cruz

Twenty-Fourth Senatorial District

          Jill N. Tokuda

Twenty-Fifth Senatorial District

          Pohai Ryan

     Your Committee on Credentials further reports that it has received the following:

     (1)  Governor's Message No. 501 and has examined the credentials of:

          (A)  The Honorable Malama Solomon and finds that she is fully qualified to fill the vacancy in the Senate, First District, created by the resignation of Senator Dwight Y. Takamine for the Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, whose term of office will expire on November 6, 2012; and

          (B)  The Honorable Maile Shimabukuro and finds that she is fully qualified to fill the vacancy in the Senate, Twenty-First District, created by the resignation of Senator Colleen Hanabusa for the Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, whose term of office will expire on November 6, 2012; and

     (2)  Governor's Message No. 502 and has examined the credentials of the Honorable Gilbert Kahele and finds that he is fully qualified to fill the vacancy in the Senate, Second District, created by the resignation of Senator Russell S. Kokubun for the Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, whose term of office will expire on November 6, 2012.

Respectfully submitted,

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SENATOR BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA

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SENATOR MICHELLE N. KIDANI

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SENATOR SAM SLOM