Office of Language Access

In accordance with Chapter 321C of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS), all state agencies are mandated to establish and submit a Language Access Plan (LAP) to the Office of Language Access (OLA), with updates required every two years. Each agency must also appoint a language access coordinator responsible for developing and implementing the LAP in consultation with the Executive Director of OLA and the Language Access Advisory Council. Below is a list of state agency language access plans and their designated language access coordinators.

State Agency Language Access Plans 

Department	Effective Date	Status (Pending Review/Review in Progress / Reviewed)
Accounting and General Services	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2023) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2021) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2019)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
Agriculture	(Pending Revision by Department) Language Access Plan (Effective 12/14/2021)	Pending Review Reviewed
Attorney General	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2024) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)  Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2019)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
Budget and Finance	Language Access Plan (Effective 11/14/2023)	Reviewed
Business, Economic Development and Tourism	(Pending Revision by Department) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2016)	Pending Review Reviewed
Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Language Access Plan (Effective 4/3/2025) Language Access Plan (Effective 10/26/2022)	Reviewed Reviewed
Corrections and Rehabilitation (New department effective Jan 1, 2024)
Defense	(Pending Revision by Department) Language Access Plan (Effective 06/29/2007)	Pending Review Reviewed
Education	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2025) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022) Language Access Plan (Effective 11/26/2021)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
Hawaiian Homelands	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)  Language Access Plan (Effective 11/29/2021)	Reviewed Reviewed
Health	(Pending Revision by Department) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2016)	Pending Review Reviewed
Human Resources Development	Language Access Plan (Effective 04/1/2025)  Language Access Plan (Effective 04/13/2023)	Reviewed Reviewed
Human Services	Language Access Plan (Effective 10/10/2024) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)	Reviewed Reviewed
Judiciary	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/05/2024) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)  Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2018)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
Labor and Industrial Relations	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2024)  Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)  Language Access Plan (Effective 01/08/2019)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
Land and Natural Resources	(Pending Revision by Department) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2016)	Pending Review Reviewed
Law Enforcement	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2025)	Reviewed
Legislature	Language Access Plan (Effective 02/02/2023) Language Access Plan (Effective 01/11/2021) Language Access Plan (Effective 01/01/2019)	Pending Review Pending Review Pending Review
Office of the Governor	Language Access Plan (Effective 11/20/2016)	Reviewed
Office of the Lieutenant Governor	Language Access Plan (Effective 08/01/2024) Language Access Plan (Effective 12/01/2016)	Reviewed Reviewed
Public Library System	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)	Reviewed
Public Safety (Effective January 1, 2024, the Department of Public Safety (PSD) has been redesignated as the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR).)	Language Access Plan (Effective 09/01/2021)	Reviewed
Taxation	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)	Reviewed
Transportation	Language Access Plan (Effective 11/20/2023) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022) Language Access Plan (Effective 03/22/2021)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed
University of Hawaii	Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2024) Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)  Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2019)	Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed

Contact Information of State Agency Language Access Coordinator 

Department	Contact Name	Contact Information
Accounting and General Services	Andrew Choy Miyoke Ng	(808) 586 0670, [email protected] (808) 586 0699, [email protected]
Agriculture	Claire Orodio	(808) 973-9480, [email protected]
Attorney General	Brenden Kinoshita	(808) 586 1287, [email protected]
Budget and Finance	Tracy Ban	(808) 586 1601, [email protected]
Business, Economic Development and Tourism	Kathy Hashizume	(808) 586 2435, [email protected]
Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Kayla Setzler Ashton Stallings	(808) 586-7314, [email protected] (808) 586-2760, [email protected]
Corrections and Rehabilitation	Patrick “Rick” DeCosta	(808) 587 1390, [email protected]
Defense	Steven Sung	(808) 369 3478, [email protected]
Education	Anna Tsang	(808) 343 6800, [email protected]
Hawaiian Homelands	Victor Mokulehua Jr.	(808) 620 9540, [email protected]
Health	Valerie Kato	(808) 586 4412, [email protected]
Human Resources Development	Zachariah Wadsack	(808) 587 2661, [email protected]
Human Services	Cari Uesugi	(808) 586 4898, [email protected]
Judiciary	Debi Tulang-De Silva Uilani De Sa	(808) 539 4861, [email protected] (808) 539 4860, [email protected]
Labor and Industrial Relations	David Rodriguez	(808) 586 8855, [email protected]
Land and Natural Resources	Curtis Motoyama	(808) 587-0393, [email protected]
Law Enforcement	Erin Takeshima	(808) 587-5012, [email protected]
Legislature – House Chief Clerk’s Office Legislature – Senate Clerk’s Office	Brian Takeshita Carol Taniguchi	(808) 586 6400, [email protected] (808) 586 6656, [email protected]
Office of the Governor	Reece Kilbey Phillip Melton	[email protected] [email protected]
Office of the Lieutenant Governor	Sunshine Choe	(808) 586 0255, [email protected]
Public Library System	Baron Baroza	(808) 586 3553, [email protected]
Taxation	Min Meng Tsz Keung Li	(808) 587 1500, [email protected] (808) 587 1509, [email protected]
Transportation	Tammy L. Lee	(808) 587-2154, [email protected]
University of Hawaii System	Christine Chun (UH system) For Point-of-Contact for each UH Campus, please click here	(808) 956 4564, [email protected]