# Sean Quinlan

Sean Quinlan is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 47
- Serving since: 2016-11-09
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/078931f6-9caa-4ba0-9f53-2b27e13ed400

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/078931f6-9caa-4ba0-9f53-2b27e13ed400 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Quinlan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.06), from 49 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 370 bills: 370 reached committee, 157 passed one chamber, 88 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 0. 58.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 34 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 215: AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE SPEAKER TO PERFORM AND CARRY OUT ANY OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS DURING THE INTERIM BETWEEN THE 2026 AND 2027 REGULAR SESSIONS. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR215/
- HR 214: RELATING TO THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR214/
- HR 212: COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING WAIALUA ROBOTICS TEAM 359 – HAWAIIAN KIDS FOR ITS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR212/
- HR 197: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR197/
- HCR 106: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR106/
- HCR 207: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR207/
- HR 98: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR98/
- HR 97: REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR97/
- HCR 105: REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR105/
- HR 96: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR96/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=112&year=2019
- Campaign site: http://www.voteseanquinlan.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seanquinlan47/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repquinlan/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/078931f6-9caa-4ba0-9f53-2b27e13ed400