Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means. He also serves as a member of the Committees on Education, Government Operations, and Water, Land, and Agriculture.

Senator Dela Cruz previously served as a City Councilmember for the City and County of Honolulu for eight years. In 2003, he became the youngest person to ever Chair the Honolulu City Council at the age of 30.