HI SB 1449
died on adjournmentRELATING TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did HI SB 1449 pass?
No. HI SB 1449 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
What is HI SB 1449 about?
Requires utilization review entities to submit data relating to the prior authorization of health care services to the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Establishes the Health Care Appropriateness and Necessity Working Group within the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Who sponsors HI SB 1449?
KOUCHI is the primary sponsor of HI SB 1449.
Description
Requires utilization review entities to submit data relating to the prior authorization of health care services to the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Establishes the Health Care Appropriateness and Necessity Working Group within the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Latest action
- 2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- KOUCHIprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329.
2025-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329.
2025-04-24
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 807).
receipt
2025-04-23
House Conferees Added: Representative Keohokapu-Lee Loy added as Co-Chair.
2025-04-23
Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 36
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 329.
2025-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
receipt
2025-04-15
Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Hashimoto, Fevella.
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Chun Co-Chairs; Alcos.
2025-04-04
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).
receipt
2025-04-04
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2025-04-04
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 493).
introduction,receipt
2025-04-03
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-04-01
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-03-25.
2025-04-01
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1745) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-03-25
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-18
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1311) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-03-12
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-07
Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06
Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 19
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2025-03-04
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 341) in amended form (SD 1).
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 CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 871) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-26
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Awa.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25
The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-26-25 9:31AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
deferral
2025-02-20
The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-25-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
deferral
2025-02-14
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-20-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-02-14
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-14
Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 502) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
2025-02-05
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-31
The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2025-01-27
Referred to HHS, CPN.
referral-committee
2025-01-23
Introduced and passed First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-21
Pending Introduction.
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-05 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Keohokalole: yes
- Fevella: not voting
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-26 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Keohokalole: yes
- Fukunaga: yes
- McKelvey: yes
- Richards: not voting
- Awa: not voting
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-12 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Takayama: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Amato: yes
- Chun: yes
- Marten: yes
- Olds: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alcos: not voting
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Matayoshi: yes
- Chun: yes
- Ilagan: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Kong: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Marten: yes
- Tam: yes
- Pierick: yes
- Ichiyama: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 1130
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