| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to JGO. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | Re-Referred to EDT, JGO. |
| 2/5/2009 | S | The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-09 1:15pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/9/2009 | S | The committee(s) on EDT deferred the measure until 02-13-09 1:00 PM in conference room 016. |
| 2/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Baker, Ige, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hee. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 397) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JGO. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JGO. |
| 2/27/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO will hold a public decision making on 03-02-09 10:30am in conference room 016. |
| 3/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JGO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Takamine, Gabbard, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from JGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 770) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/6/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-09. |
| 3/10/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 279) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to EBM/TCI, JUD, referral sheet 27 |
| 3/17/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EBM/TCI on Thursday, 03-19-09 10:30am in House conference room 312. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | The committees on EBM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Choy, Evans, Manahan, Tokioka, Tsuji, Wooley, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Berg, Wakai. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | The committees on TCI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Manahan, Tokioka, Berg, Choy, Evans, McKelvey, Tsuji, Wooley; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Wakai, Marumoto. |
| 3/24/2009 | H | Reported from EBM/TCI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1181) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Sagum, Saiki, Takai excused (3). |
| 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, McKelvey, Morita, B. Oshiro, Souki, Tsuji, Wakai, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Marumoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, Mizuno. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1688) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-2009. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting no (0) and Morita, Takai excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 501). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 650). |
| 4/17/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Fukunaga, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Slom. |
| 4/20/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: McKelvey, Manahan, B. Oshiro Co-Chairs; Choy, Tokioka, Ward. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 710). |
| 4/23/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-09 2:00pm in conference room 423. |
| 4/24/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-09 3:30pm in conference room 423. |
| 4/27/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-09 1:30pm in conference room 423. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 11:05 AM in conference room 423. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 2:30 PM in conference room 423. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 4:15 PM in conference room 423. |
| 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) Fukunaga, Taniguchi, Slom; 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: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Manahan, B. Oshiro, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Choy, Tokioka. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 92). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 92) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom. 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). |
| 5/7/2009 | 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. 828). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 526). |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Green, Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 44 Ayes; 3 Noes Representative(s) Ching, Har, Marumoto; and 4 Excused Representative(s) Berg, 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 28 on 07-15-09. |