Isaac Choy | |
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Member of the HawaiiHouseofRepresentatives from the 23rd district 24th (2008–2012) | |
In office November 2008 –November 6, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Kirk Caldwell |
Succeeded by | Dale Kobayashi |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | San Jose State University |
Website | friendsforisaacchoy |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 1971–1973 |
Isaac William Choy [1] is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives representing District 23 from November 2012 to November 2018. [2] Choy consecutively served from 2008 until 2012 in the District 24 seat.
In 2020,Choy was appointed to serve as director of the state Department of Taxation. [3]
Choy earned his BS in business administration from San Jose State University.
In 2017 Isaac Choy submitted legislation in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives to make Flavobacterium akiainvivens the state microbe. [10] This was mirrored by Brian Taniguchi in the Hawaiʻi Senate. [11] This continues an effort started by James Tokioka in 2013, [12] and later contested in 2014 by Senator Glenn Wakai's SB3124 bill proposing Aliivibrio fischeri instead. [13] As of December 2017 [update] ,Hawaiʻi has no official state microbe.