You know it was a 'just' a State Senator that sponsored the Hawaii "Cobra Bill" also. But I can tell you from personal experience it only happened because there was a dedicated local Cobra Clan who contacted him first, pushed to get it done, shook a lot of hands, had 'coffee and snack meetings' with movers and shakers in the Government, attended political fund raising events and testified before the House and Senate along the way. When it looked like we were down for the count, we demanded and were granted a personal interview (as a group) with the Governor. She accepted, but said we didn't need to go that far. At the last minute she said she WOULD support the bill after all, a veto had been threatened previously.
"In a world, ONE man, get-r-done..." Well, it's not really like that. "Bills" are decided (over dinner, at the golf course, in a residence) long before they actually come to a vote.
But yeah, it was a State Senator that got the credit when the smoke cleared...
And thats cool, we just wanted to drive our cars!