Koolau Mountain Range viewed from Kawainui Marsh walk in Kailua
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Chris Lee

Democrat, State Senate
District 25, Oʻahu
Time in office:
  • Senate: 2020-present
  • House: 2008-2020

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Bio

Chris Lee served in the House of Representatives for 12 years before jumping to the Senate in 2020 where he chairs the Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee. He is an assistant majority whip. He has worked as a director of a nonprofit and helped out with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu, the Hawaii Meth Project, Breakthroughs for Youth at Risk and the Ala Wai Watershed Association.

“We must imagine the Hawaiʻi we want to see and work backward identifying actionable steps to get there, letting go of the assumptions and sacred cows that traditionally hold us back, so we can all adapt together,” he says. Lee represents Kailua, Waimānalo and Hawai‘i Kai.

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Bill Activity

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Of 90 bills:
6 Passed
0 Failed
84 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 90 bills: 6 passed, 0 failed, and 84 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks sources of money intended to help a candidate win election.

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

$500.0

Communications & Electronics

$1.0K

Construction

$250.0

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$750.0

General Business

$200.0

Ideology/Single Issue

$300.0

Labor

$2.0K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$2.3K

Transportation

$2.3K

Uncoded

$7.6K

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $4000 for the Senate and $2000 for the house.

Total
$17.1K

69.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$17.1K

69.0% lower than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


Influence

There are two categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel.

No personal gifts data found

Policy

Bills Authored by Chris Lee

SCR 182
ENCOURAGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO INITIATE A SUMMER STREETS PILOT PROGRAM.

Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Passed
ENCOURAGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO INITIATE A SUMMER STREETS PILOT PROGRAM.Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
SCR 195
SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN.

Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts

Passed
SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN.Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
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Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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Apr 25, 2025

SB 1578

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

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Apr 25, 2025

SB 1120

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Apr 25, 2025

SB 1667

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Apr 25, 2025

SB 1117

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Apr 24, 2025

SB 1578

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

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Apr 24, 2025

SB 1195

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Apr 24, 2025

SB 1095

RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES.

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Apr 23, 2025

SB 1008

RELATING TO PARKING.

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Apr 23, 2025

SB 1578

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

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Apr 1, 2025

SCR 197

SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAWAII AND NEW ZEALAND.

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Apr 1, 2025

SCR 195

SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE KINGDOM...

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Apr 1, 2025

SCR 181

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP ON LOWERING...

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District

State Senate District 25

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