Hawaii House · District 18

Gene Ward's Hawaii House voting record

Republican Left office March 31, 2025

Gene Ward resigned from the House effective March 31, 2025, and died on April 4, 2025. The Governor appointed Joe Gedeon to the seat on May 28, 2025.

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Gene Ward (Republican) was a member of the Hawaii House for District 18 until March 31, 2025. This page covers the 388 floor roll calls held while Gene Ward was in office, from Feb. 7, 2025 to March 31, 2025. Didn't vote on 100% of roll calls. Gene Ward sponsored 27 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where Gene Ward split from the Speaker or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Gene Ward sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Speaker —Not enough votes to score. Votes with own party —Not enough votes to score. Didn't vote at roll call 100% 388 of 388 roll calls · 388 of them excused
Bills passed 0 27 sponsored · 0 became law Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Gene Ward has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker
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Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current member, by party. Gene Ward has left office, so isn't marked.

Votes with own party
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Democrats Republicans 5%100%

Each tick is a current member, by party. Gene Ward has left office, so isn't marked.

Bills

The bills Gene Ward sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored27
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

A bill's sponsor is the legislator it lists first among its introducers, a member of the chamber where it was introduced; co-introducers aren't counted, and a bill introduced by request of another party (the Governor's and agencies' bills) counts for no one.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Gene Ward sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

These pages don't credit budget items to Hawaii legislators.

Contested votes where they split

No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.

Recent key votes

Gene Ward's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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  1. March 28, 2025
    House
    SB 112: Relating to Police Reports
    Excused Third Reading · Yeas 40, nays 7

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  2. March 28, 2025
    House
    SB 100: Relating to Intoxicating Liquor
    Excused Third Reading · Yeas 41, nays 6

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  3. March 4, 2025
    House
    HB 1369: Relating to Taxation
    Excused Third Reading · Yeas 41, nays 7

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  4. March 4, 2025
    House
    HB 893: Relating to Firearms
    Excused Third Reading · Yeas 39, nays 9

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  5. March 4, 2025
    House
    HB 392: Relating to Firearms
    Excused Third Reading · Yeas 42, nays 6

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Gene Ward voted on each of the 388 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–nays
March 28, 2025SB 112: Relating to Police Reports
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea40–7
March 28, 2025SB 100: Relating to Intoxicating Liquor
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea41–6
March 4, 2025HB 1369: Relating to Taxation
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea41–7
March 4, 2025HB 893: Relating to Firearms
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea39–9
March 4, 2025HB 392: Relating to Firearms
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea42–6
March 4, 2025HB 141: Relating to the Elections Commission
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea41–7
March 4, 2025HB 128: Relating to Criminal Justice Reform
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea37–11
March 4, 2025HB 127: Relating to Pretrial Release
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea41–7
March 4, 2025HB 125: Relating to Firearms
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–5
March 4, 2025HB 892: Relating to Geographical Restrictions
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–5
March 4, 2025HB 1194: Relating to Midwives
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea34–15
March 4, 2025HB 1308: Relating to Sports Wagering
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea34–15
March 4, 2025HB 476: Relating to Capital Gains Tax
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea40–9
March 4, 2025HB 661: Relating to Environmental Review
Third Reading		ExcusedYeaYea40–9
March 4, 2025HB 277: Relating to Vehicular Pursuit
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–6
March 4, 2025HB 229: Relating to Transportation
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea45–4
March 4, 2025HB 649: Relating to Small Boat Harbors
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea42–7
March 4, 2025HB 664: Relating to Gun Violence Prevention
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea45–4
March 4, 2025HB 126: Relating to Property Forfeiture
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea45–4
March 4, 2025HB 1467: Relating to Housing Resiliency
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea45–4
March 4, 2025HB 1410: Relating to Housing
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–6
March 4, 2025HB 348: Relating to Single-Use Plastics
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea45–4
March 4, 2025HB 504: Relating to Environmental Stewardship
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea42–7
March 4, 2025HB 463: Relating to Eviction Records
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–6
March 4, 2025HB 1494: Relating to Sports Facilities
Third Reading		ExcusedYeaYea44–5
March 4, 2025HB 982: Relating to Wildfires
Third Reading		ExcusedYeaYea43–6
March 4, 2025HB 751: Relating to Organic Waste
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea44–5
Feb. 28, 2025HB 103: Relating to Sentencing
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–4
Feb. 28, 2025HB 796: Relating to Tax Credits
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea40–7
Feb. 28, 2025HB 1349: Relating to Medicaid
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea42–5
Feb. 28, 2025HB 548: Relating to the Acquisition of the Saint Francis School Campus for the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea42–5
Feb. 28, 2025HB 1161: Relating to Transportation
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea43–4
Feb. 28, 2025HB 697: Relating to Transportation
Third Reading		ExcusedYeaYea42–5
Feb. 27, 2025HB 1051: Relating to Energy-Efficiency Portfolio Standards
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea40–7
Feb. 27, 2025HB 1307: Relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Third Reading		ExcusedNayYea39–8

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Source: the Hawaii State Legislature's House and Senate Journals and measure status records, Feb. 7, 2025 to May 8, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections