--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS." description: "Requires any order to cease and desist issued by the Director of Health that is administratively appealed to remain in effect during the appeals process." jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 1447" citation: "Hawaii SB 1447 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Administrative Hearings", "Administrative Orders", "Department of Health", "Remedies"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"] version_count: 1 action_count: 27 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-01-21" last_action: "2025-04-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48c6b35-72ba-4c9e-a9d1-aedef05246a7" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1447&year=2025" source_hash: "c1ee9f28a20f9248640cdcef9dea860d5c4d0ab03adef60e5bc97b2b671e3d97" 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 SB 1447 (2025) — RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS. Requires any order to cease and desist issued by the Director of Health that is administratively appealed to remain in effect during the appeals process. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB1447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1447_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - KOUCHI — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-04-11** Act 015, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law` - **2025-04-11** Act 015, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115). `became-law` - **2025-04-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 430). `introduction, receipt` - **2025-04-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2025-04-02** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1755), recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2025-03-25** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-03-18** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1307), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - **2025-03-14** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-03-06** Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee` - **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 339). `introduction, receipt` - **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2025-02-28** One Day Notice 03-04-25. - **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1066) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. - **2025-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-18** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2025-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-14** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 498) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. - **2025-02-03** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. - **2025-01-27** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction` - **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48c6b35-72ba-4c9e-a9d1-aedef05246a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).