Scot Matayoshi

Democrat, State House of Representatives

District 49, Oʻahu

Time in office:

House: 2018-present

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Bio

Scot Matayoshi is a former public school teacher who was first elected to the Hawaiʻi Legislature in 2018. He chairs the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee. He says education, a strong agricultural industry and housing are among his top priorities.

Matayoshi graduated from Punahou School and interned with the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka while in college in California. He returned to Hawaiʻi and taught science at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School. He later received his master’s in education as well as a law degree at the University of Hawaiʻi.

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Bill Activity

Of 84 bills:

3 Passed

0 Failed

81 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 84 bills: 3 passed, 0 failed, and 81 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

Candidate Contributions

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Transportation

Uncoded

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

$95.5K

75.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity targeting a candidates run for office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total

$372.0

31.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$95.9K

74.0% higher 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.

Giver	Value	Date	Description
National Conference of State Legislatures	$693.98	Jun 13, 2019	Food and lodging at NCSL conference.

Gifts

For gifts that are allowed, legislators must file an annual gifts disclosure statement with the Hawai'i State Ethics Commission if they or their spouse or dependent child receive from a single source one or multiple gifts and the whole aggregate value exceeds $200.