Small Business News
October 2005 | Online Edition
Legislative Scoundrals Who
Gave Hawaii the Gas Cap Law
The next time you're stuck in a gas line, think of the people below.
By Malia Zimmerman, HawaiiReporter
Hawaii's Gas Cap Law went into effect September 1, 2005, and actually increased prices that consumers pay at the pump by an estimated 20 to 30 cents a gallon the first week.
Here are the lawmakers who voted for the 2002 law (revised in 2004), which caps the wholesale price of gasoline, and ties the cap to three markets in the U.S. mainland—California, the Gulf Coast and New York.
Note: some legislators voted no for the original bill, but yes for the 2004 amended bill. Sen. Paul Whalen was a member of the state House when he voted yes for the 2002 bill, but is now a member of the state Senate and was excused for the 2004 vote. Other legislators are now in the U.S. Congress, the Honolulu City Council or out of office all together, but are shown here as legislators for purposes of this list.
Governor Ben Cayetano* — signed the original bill into law (Act 77 – 2002 session).
STATE SENATE
Ron Menor Melodie Williams Aduja* Rosalyn Baker Jan Buen * Robert Bunda (President) Avery B. Chumbley * Suzanne Chun Oakland * Jonathan Chun * J. Kalani English Willie C. Espero Carol Fukunaga Colleen Hanabusa Gary Hooser David Ige Les Ihara Lorraine Inouye Brian Kanno Cal Kawamoto* Donna Mercado Kim Russell Kokubun Matt Matsunaga * Bob Nakata * Norman Sakamoto Rod Tam * Brian Taniguchi Shan Tsutsui
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Felipe P. Abinsay, Jr Dennis Arakaki Emily Auwae (R) * Ben Cabreros * Kirk Caldwell Ed Case* Jerry Chang Cindy Evans Nestor Garcia * Helene Hale Eric Hamakawa* Robert Herkes Kenneth Hiraki * Ken Ito Michael Kahikina Sol Koohalahala * Ezra Kanoho Jon Riki Karamatsu Marilyn Lee Bertha F. K. Leong (R) * Sylvia Luke Michael Magaoay Barbara Marumoto (R) Romy Mindo *
Hermina Morita Scott Nishimoto Blake Oshiro Marcus Oshiro (Majority Leader) David A. Pendleton (R) * Jim Rath (R) * Scott Saiki Calvin Say (Speaker) Brian Schatz Maile Shimabukuro Alex Sonson Nathan Suzuki * Dwight Takamine Mark Takai Roy Takumi Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo * Cynthia Henry Thielen (R)* Glenn Wakai Tommy Waters Paul Whalen (R) (Senate) Noboru Yonamine * Terry Nui Yoshinaga*
To see the status of the Gas Cap bill SB2179 SD2 HD1 CD2 from the Hawaii State Legislature 2002 Legislative Session, go to: http://tinyurl.com/7kjue
To see the status of the amended Gas Cap bill SB3193 SD2 HD2 CD1 from the Hawaii State Legislature 2004 Legislative Session, go to: http://tinyurl.com/byrns.
This story complete with photos of every legislator appears on HawaiiReporter.com's website at the following URL: http://tinyurl.com/8bw5e.
NOTE: * indicates no longer in office. All Democrats except (R) indicates Republicans.
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