Lists of State Agency Language Access Plans and Language Access Coordinators

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)		 Review in Progress
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 07/01/2022)
Language Access Plan (Effective 11/26/2021)		 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) 		 Review in Progress
Reviewed
Human Services Language Access Plan (Effective 10/10/2024)
Language Access Plan (Effective 07/01/2022)		 Review in Progress
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
(New department effective Jan 1, 2024)
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, andrew.choy@hawaii.gov
(808) 586 0699, miyoke.ng@hawaii.gov
Agriculture Claire Orodio (808) 973-9480, claire.f.orodio@hawaii.gov
Attorney General Brenden Kinoshita (808) 586 1287, brenden.b.kinoshita@hawaii.gov
Budget and Finance Tracy Ban (808) 586 1601, Tracy.m.ban@hawaii.gov
Business, Economic Development and Tourism Kathy Hashizume (808) 586 2435, Kathy.hashizume@hawaii.gov
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Kayla Setzler
Ashton Stallings
 (808) 586-7314, Ksetzler@dcca.hawaii.gov
(808) 586-2760, astallin@dcca.hawaii.gov
Corrections and Rehabilitation Patrick “Rick” DeCosta (808) 587 1390, Patrick.J.DeCosta@hawaii.gov
Defense Lori Takao (808) 369 3478, lori.a.y.takao@hawaii.gov
Education Anna Tsang (808) 343 6800, Anna.Tsang@k12.hi.us 
Hawaiian Homelands Victor Mokulehua Jr. (808) 620 9540, victor.t.mokulehua.jr@hawaii.gov
Health Valerie Kato (808) 586 4412, valerie.kato@doh.hawaii.gov
Human Resources Development Zachariah Wadsack (808) 587 2661, Zachariah.K.Wadsack@hawaii.gov
Human Services Cari Uesugi (808) 586 4898, cuesugi@dhs.hawaii.gov
Judiciary Debi Tulang-De Silva
Uilani De Sa		 (808) 539 4861, debi.s.tulang-desilva@courts.hawaii.gov
(808) 539 4860, Monique.U.PauoledeSa@courts.hawaii.gov
Labor and Industrial Relations David Rodriguez (808) 586 8855, David.j.rodriguez@hawaii.gov
Land and Natural Resources Curtis Motoyama (808) 587-0393, curtis.s.motoyama@hawaii.gov
Law Enforcement Erin Takeshima (808) 587-5012, erin.m.takeshima@hawaii.gov
Legislature – House Chief Clerk’s Office
Legislature – Senate Clerk’s Office		 Brian Takeshita
Carol Taniguchi		 (808) 586 6400, takeshita@capitol.hawaii.gov
(808) 586 6656, c.taniguchi@capitol.hawaii.gov
Office of the Governor Reece Kilbey
Phillip Melton		 reece.k.kilbey@hawaii.gov
phillip.p.melton@hawaii.gov
Office of the Lieutenant Governor Sunshine Choe (808) 586 0255, sunshine.choe@hawaii.gov
Public Library System Baron Baroza (808) 586 3553, baron.baroza@librarieshawaii.org
Taxation Min Meng
Tsz Keung Li		 (808) 587 1500, min.meng@hawaii.gov
(808) 587 1509, Tsz.K.Li@hawaii.gov
Transportation Tammy L. Lee (808) 587-2154, Tammy.L.Lee@hawaii.gov
University of Hawaii System Christine Chun (UH system)
For Point-of-Contact for each UH Campus, please click here		 (808) 956 4564, uhlac@hawaii.edu