Interim state Director of Finance Rod Becker declined to seek Senate confirmation to his job, making him the second of Gov. David Ige’s Cabinet choices to be sidelined this year.

Ige said in a written statement that “Rod has decided not to pursue the position for personal reasons. He has been a valuable member of my cabinet and I want to thank him for his public service.”

A spokeswoman for Ige said Becker will serve until the end of session unless the governor makes an appointment before then. The session is scheduled to end May 2.

Ige announced in early January he had appointed Becker as director of finance, but the governor never formally submitted his nomination to the Senate for confirmation. Becker said earlier this year he was meeting with senators to try to address any concerns they might have about his appointment.

Few objections were raised publicly about Becker’s nomination, but Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Donovan Dela Cruz has said he was unhappy with the handling of a project at Halawa Correctional Facility when Becker was state comptroller and director of the Department of Accounting and General Services.

The Halawa project to replace locks and video cameras at the facility was managed by DAGS, and delays on the job have added to the cost because the state must pay a private prison operator to hold inmates in Arizona while the work is done in Hawaii.

The state now expects to spend a total of $18.7 million to hold prisoners in Arizona while work continues on that project, which was supposed to be completed in 2017.

Dela Cruz, who is one of the most powerful lawmakers in the state, recently wondered, “How is he going to be B&F director when you look at how all these things fall through the cracks?”

Jobie Masagatani also will step down as director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands when the legislative session ends in May. Ige has not announced who will replace her.

Ige announced in January he was reappointing Masagatani as director of DHHL. However, Masagatani struggled to gain the Senate votes needed for confirmation, and her name was never submitted to the Senate for confirmation.