| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/21/2009 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Referred to WTL. |
| 1/27/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-09 3:00 PM in conference room 229. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Re-Referred to WTL, WAM. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Tokuda, Bunda, Fukunaga, Kokubun, Takamine, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | Re-Referred to WTL. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 32) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 2/11/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 2/13/2009. |
| 2/13/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 18; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) English, Tsutsui). Excused, 5 (Senator(s) Hanabusa, Nishihara, Slom, Takamine, Taniguchi). Transmitted to House. |
| 2/13/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 11). |
| 2/17/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 2/20/2009 | H | Referred to WLO, JUD, referral sheet 19 |
| 3/11/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by WLO on Friday, 03-13-09 10:00am in House conference room 325. |
| 3/13/2009 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-25-09 8:55AM in conference room 312. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | The committees on WLO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Har, Coffman, Herkes, C. Lee, Sagum, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 6 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Chang, Chong, Luke, Morita, Ching. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Reported from WLO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1261) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD. |
| 3/27/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, McKelvey, Pine, Takai, Tokioka excused (6). |
| 4/3/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 04-07-09 2:00pm in House conference room 325. |
| 4/7/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Herkes, Luke, Morita, B. Oshiro, Souki, Tsuji, Wakai, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey, Marumoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, Mizuno. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1622) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Morita, Takai excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 419). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Hee, Chair; Fukunaga, Hemmings. |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 650). |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 653). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: Ito, Karamatsu Co-Chairs; Sagum, Thielen. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-09 2:30pm in conference room 224. |
| 4/27/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-09 2:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 4/28/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-09 3:30 PM in conference room 224. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 10:30 AM in conference room 224. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 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) Hee, Fukunaga, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Karamatsu, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sagum. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 81). |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 81) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 21 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Hooser . 4 No(es): Senator(s) Baker, English, Taniguchi, Tsutsui. 0 Excused: none. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Aquino, Berg, Carroll, Choy, Coffman, Finnegan, Hanohano, Har, Karamatsu, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Marumoto, McKelvey, Nakashima, Pine, Thielen, Tokioka, Yamane voting no (18) 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). |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 6/30/2009 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 465) |
| 6/30/2009 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-30-09 (Gov. Msg. No. 781) |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Vetoed on 07-15-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 818). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 516). |