Dennis Onishi
Associated municipality: Hawaii County.
Dennis Onishi is a County of Hawaii (Big Island) official: County Council Vice Chair, District 3 (Dennis "Fresh" Onishi); chair of the Policy Committee on Health, Safety and Well-being; vice chair of the Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee. Source: the County's roster and committee chairs pages, read 2026-11-07.
Involvement
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Health Safety and Well-being: Chaired the meeting; no testifiers; the file on Comm. 1133 was closed 8-0 with one excused; adjourned at about 12:33 p.m.
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Raised the 1997 license agreement (No. 411) and 1991 homestead sewer arrangement, asked that the bill be held or returned to the commission, and voted no on Bill 183 (Draft 2).
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05 - Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee: Present; no recorded remarks.
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05 - Finance Committee: Present; introducer of Bill 171, which he withdrew; seconded Bill 211.
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Planning Land Use and Economic Development: Joined shortly after the start; objected to the $15 million fund and asked for other departments on Bill 207, voting no; voted aye on the Bill 204 amendment and on forwarding it; seconded Bill 208; voted aye on Bill 212.
Meetings
- 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Health Safety and Well-being
- 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Environmental and Natural Resource Management
- 2026-11-05 - Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
- 2026-11-05 - Finance Committee
- 2026-11-05 - Policy Committee on Planning Land Use and Economic Development