STAND. COM. REP. NO. 298

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1391

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 1391 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRADE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and APEC Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that establishing a Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission could help promote trade relations, establish business and academic exchanges, and initiate joint action on policy issues of mutual interest to Hawaii and Ireland. This measure establishes the Hawaii-Ireland Trade Commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1391, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1391, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Technology,

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GREGGOR ILAGAN, Chair