| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | H | Pending introduction. |
| 1/26/2009 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/26/2009 | H | Referred to PBS, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2 |
| 1/26/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 01-29-09 8:30am in House conference room 309. |
| 1/29/2009 | H | The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Hanohano, Aquino, Awana, Keith-Agaran, M. Lee, Nakashima, Rhoads, Saiki, Takumi, Yamashita, Pine; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souki. |
| 1/29/2009 | H | Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 4), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD. |
| 1/30/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, McKelvey, Sagum, Say, Tokioka, Wakai excused (6). |
| 2/10/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-12-09 2:05 PM in House conference room 325. |
| 2/12/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Cabanilla, Herkes, Luke, McKelvey, Mizuno, Morita, B. Oshiro, Souki, Tsuji, Wakai, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Carroll. |
| 2/18/2009 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 435) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN. |
| 2/19/2009 | H | Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting no and Takai, Takumi, Ward excused. |
| 2/24/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-09 12:00pm in House conference room 308. |
| 2/27/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Wooley, Yamashita, Pine; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Tokioka, Ward. |
| 3/6/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 914), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Takai excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 101). |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Referred to PSM, JGO. |
| 3/16/2009 | S | The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-09 1:30pm in conference room 229. |
| 3/19/2009 | S | The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Bunda, Galuteria, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Gabbard, Hemmings. |
| 3/27/2009 | S | Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1017) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JGO.
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| 3/27/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JGO. |
| 4/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO will hold a public decision making on 04-06-09 10:00 AM in conference room 016. |
| 4/6/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JGO were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Takamine, Bunda, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard, Slom ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/9/2009 | S | Reported from JGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1285) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 4/9/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 514) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 4/16/2009 | H | House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). |
| 4/17/2009 | S | Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 567). |
| 4/17/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: Hanohano, Karamatsu, M. Lee Co-Chairs; Aquino, Pine. |
| 4/17/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Espero, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Slom. |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 709). |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 589). |
| 4/24/2009 | H | Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-09 11:00am in conference room 312. |
| 4/27/2009 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-09 10:30am in conference room 312. |
| 4/28/2009 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-09 10:20am in conference room 312. |
| 4/29/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Hanohano, M. Lee, Aquino, Pine; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Karamatsu. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Slom. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 25) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 25). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Bertram, Takai excused (2). |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
| 5/6/2009 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 727). |
| 5/8/2009 | H | Transmitted to Governor. |
| 6/30/2009 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-30-09 (Gov. Msg. No. 781) |
| 6/30/2009 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 465) |
| 7/10/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 485). |
| 7/10/2009 | S | Vetoed on 07-10-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 800). |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 41 Ayes; 4 Noes Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Har, Pine; and 6 Excused Representative(s) Berg, Bertram, Marumoto, Takai, Thielen, Ward. |
| 7/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 734) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the House. |
| 7/16/2009 | S | Veto override, Special Session 2009, Act 4 on 07-15-09. |