State Rep. Darius K. Kila serves House District 44, which includes the communities of Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, and Mā‘ili. As a Native Hawaiian legislator, he is a member of the Native Hawaiian Affairs Caucus and played a key role in establishing the Legislature’s Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group — a nine-member body formed following the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 108 (2023) to examine policies and legislation related to native Hawaiian intellectual property. Representative Kila also serves on the Act 279 Working Group, created through House Resolution No. 10 (2023) to provide oversight of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ implementation of $600 million to deliver housing for native Hawaiians on the waitlist.