republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/sb-1447.md

---
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).