Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Spark M. Matsunaga
Spark Matsunaga was a Democratic U.S. senator from Hawaii, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–101st Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S. 639 Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990Nov 15, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-566.
- S. 2111 A bill designating the month of May as "Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month".Oct 3, 1990 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- S. 190 Spark M. Matsunaga Veterans Disability Benefits Improvement Act of 1990Sep 20, 1990 · Referred to the Committee on Armed Services pursuant to the order of September 12, 1990.
- S.J.Res. 75 A joint resolution relating to NASA and the International Space Year.Jul 31, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-339.
- S. 189 Funeral and Remains Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1989Apr 12, 1990 · Committee on Veterans received executive comment from Department of Veterans Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 633 (101st) Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Systems Integration Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- S. 634 (101st) Fuel Cells Energy Utilization Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- S. 1295 (100th) Fuel Cells Energy Utilization Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- S. 1294 (100th) Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Systems Integration Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- S. 1193 (100th) A bill to add additional lands to the Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, Hawaii.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 340 (100th) A resolution to designate December 8, 1987, as "Pearl Harbor Shipyard Day."Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 344 (100th) A resolution authorizing use of the Hart Building atrium for a holiday concert by the Congressional Chorus.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Matsunaga has won
Sen. Matsunaga has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.1 to 63.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 35 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 35 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 101st Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.