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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS."
+description: "Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the existing administrative hearings process in the State and the potential for a centralized office of administrative hearings. Requires state departments and agencies to provide statistical, non-confidential information on contested case hearings to LRB. Requires LRB to research centralized administrative hearings offices in other jurisdictions. (HB1307 CD1)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 1307"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 1307 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Office of Administrative Hearings", "LRB Study", "Report", "Contested Cases"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. LEE", "CULLEN", "SAIKI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-01-24"
+last_action: "2019-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8fed681-fa9e-4540-a730-b67295a9a1e8"
+source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1307&year=2019"
+source_hash: "b13ccea8226135596d7aca3d4b68beb814120420f9cfdec8490de73bf0673a22"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii HB 1307 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
+
+Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the existing administrative hearings process in the State and the potential for a centralized office of administrative hearings. Requires state departments and agencies to provide statistical, non-confidential information on contested case hearings to LRB. Requires LRB to research centralized administrative hearings offices in other jurisdictions. (HB1307 CD1)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB1307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1307_.HTM)
+2. **HB1307_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1307_CD1_.HTM)
+3. **HB1307_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1307_SD1_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. LEE — primary (person)
+- CULLEN — primary (person)
+- SAIKI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-01-28** Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 02-13-19 2:01PM in House conference room 325.
+- **2019-02-13** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-14-19.
+- **2019-02-13** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-14-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
+- **2019-02-14** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-15** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 552), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
+- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
+- **2019-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 833), recommending passage on Third Reading.
+- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 116). `introduction`
+- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to GVO, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 2:45PM in conference room 225.
+- **2019-03-12** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Baker, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-20** Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1258) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
+- **2019-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
+- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
+- **2019-04-03** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1960) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
+- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
+- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 847) in amended form (SD 2).
+- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
+- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
+- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Thielen.
+- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
+- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: L. Thielen Chair; K. Rhoads, Dela Cruz Co-Chairs; Fevella.
+- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 919).
+- **2019-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 1:30PM in conference room 325.
+- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 1:30PM in conference room 325.
+- **2019-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 1:29PM in conference room 325.
+- **2019-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Matayoshi, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
+- **2019-04-26** 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) L. Thielen, K. Rhoads, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 136) as amended in (CD 1).
+- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
+- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 136).
+- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
+- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
+- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
+- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
+- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2019-06-25** Act 110, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-25** Act 110, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8fed681-fa9e-4540-a730-b67295a9a1e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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