# Hawaii HB 1391: RELATING TO TRADE. Hawaii HB 1391, RELATING TO TRADE., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by Sean Quinlan (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Act 180, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282).) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1391-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii HB 1391 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) - Title: RELATING TO TRADE. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Last action: 2026-06-26, Act 180, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). - Sponsor: Sean Quinlan (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: DBEDT, Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission, Establishment, Reports, EDT/WLA, WAM - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 13 (223 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Establishes the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes. Requires annual reports to the Legislature and Governor. Appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to fund out-of-state relations activities. (CD1) ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sean Quinlan (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-06 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 | | | 2026-05-01 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2026-05-01 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-04-25 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 2 | 0 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-04-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 2 | | | 2025-03-31 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2025-03-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-03-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 | | ## Actions (74) - 2026-06-26: Act 180, 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). (Senate) - 2026-06-26: Act 180, on 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). (House) - 2026-05-08: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Transmitted to Governor. (House) - 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). (House) - 2026-05-06: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). (House) - 2026-05-01: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 411. (House) - 2026-05-01: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 4:31PM in Conference Room 411. (House) - 2026-05-01: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:37 AM; Conference Room 329. (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 309. (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Hashimoto added as Co-Chair. Senator Dela Cruz discharged as Co-Chair. (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 811). (House) - 2026-05-01: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Quinlan, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House) - 2026-05-01: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Lee, C., Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 189-26) as amended in (CD 2). (House) - 2026-05-01: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26. (House) - 2026-05-01: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 2 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 189-26). (Senate) - 2026-05-01: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 2) 05-06-26 (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Lee, C., Dela Cruz Co-Chairs. (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 791). (House) - 2026-04-29: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 05-01-26 8:00AM in conference room 411. (House) - 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Hussey Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Gedeon. (House) - 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Re-Referred to EDT/WLA, WAM. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457). (Senate) - 2026-04-01: House Conferee(s) discharged. (House) - 2026-03-20: Senate Conferee(s) discharged. (Senate) - 2026-03-20: Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409). (House) - 2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. - 2025-04-30: Recommitted to Conference Committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused. (House) - 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411. (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411. (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411. (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225. (Senate) - 2025-04-25: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. (Senate) - 2025-04-25: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Holt, Hussey, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. (House) - 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 221) as amended in (CD 1). (House) - 2025-04-25: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House) - 2025-04-25: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 221). (Senate) - 2025-04-25: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:00AM in conference room 411. (House) - 2025-04-23: Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 3:00PM in conference room 411. (House) - 2025-04-22: Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Lee, C., Kim Co-Chairs. (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). (House) - 2025-04-15: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). (Senate) - 2025-04-14: House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Holt Co-Chairs; Hussey, Quinlan, Matsumoto. (House) - 2025-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621). (Senate) - 2025-04-08: House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). (House) - 2025-04-04: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 588) in amended form (SD 1). (House) - 2025-04-03: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1653) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: One Day Notice 04-04-25. (Senate) - 2025-03-31: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-03-28: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Reported from EDT/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1196) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. (Senate) - 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Wakai, Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate) - 2025-03-10: The committee(s) on EDT/TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 170). (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Passed First Reading. (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Referred to EDT/TCA, WAM. (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 908), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House) - 2025-02-28: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2025-02-24: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. (House) - 2025-02-21: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-02-10: Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 298) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House) - 2025-02-10: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). (House) - 2025-01-31: The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Templo. (House) - 2025-01-28: Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 01-31-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-01-27: Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 4 (House) - 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD2_.pdf) - HB1391_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD1_.HTM) - HB1391_CD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD2_.HTM) - HB1391_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_HD1_.HTM) - HB1391_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_SD1_.HTM) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1282_.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law) - SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed) - HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed) - SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD2_.pdf) - [HB1391_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD1_.HTM) - [HB1391_CD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_CD2_.HTM) - [HB1391_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_HD1_.HTM) - [HB1391_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_SD1_.HTM) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1391_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/GM1282_.PDF) ## Related - [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026) - [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026) - [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026) - [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026) - [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026) - [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1391-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).