| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to TSM, WAM. |
| 2/23/2009 | S | Re-Referred to WAM. |
| 2/28/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-04-09 9:30am in conference room 211. |
| 3/4/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-05-09 1:30PM in conference room 211. |
| 3/5/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Tsutsui, English, Fukunaga, Galuteria, Hee, Hooser, Kidani, Kokubun, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Hemmings. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 598) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/10/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 3/10/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-09. |
| 3/10/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Baker . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 306) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to FIN, referral sheet 28 |
| 3/23/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-25-09 4:00 PM in House conference room 308. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred. |
| 4/1/2009 | H | Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 04-03-09 5:00 PM in conference room 308. |
| 4/4/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Choy, Coffman, Har, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Tokioka, Wooley, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Brower, Pine; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Awana, Keith-Agaran. |
| 4/8/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1603) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Brower, Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no (7) and Representative(s) Berg, Herkes, Karamatsu, Keith-Agaran, McKelvey, Mizuno, Morita, Takai, Tokioka excused (9). |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Belatti, Berg, Brower, Carroll, Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, McKelvey, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no (11) and Representative(s) Morita, Takai excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 510). |
| 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: Kim, Chair; Kokubun, Nishihara. |
| 4/17/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: M. Oshiro Chair; Chong, Choy, M. Lee. |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 657). |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Saturday, 04-18-09 4:00pm in conference room 309. |
| 4/18/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-18-09 at 5:30 pm in conference room 309. |
| 4/18/2009 | 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) Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/18/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Chong, Choy, M. Lee; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 52) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 52). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-22-09. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-22-09. |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 19 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara . 5 No(es): Senator(s) Baker, Bunda, Green, Hemmings, Slom. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Sakamoto. |
| 4/22/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Belatti, Berg, Brower, Carroll, Ching, Finnegan, Hanohano, C. Lee, Marumoto, McKelvey, Pine, Thielen, Ward, Wooley voting no (14) and Representative(s) Bertram, Takai excused (2). |
| 4/22/2009 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 727). |
| 4/23/2009 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 670). |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 349). |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Vetoed on 05-07-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 674). |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ige, Ihara . Noes, 6 (Senator(s) Baker, Bunda, Fukunaga, Green, Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). |
| 5/8/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 36 Ayes; 12 Noes Representative(s) Belatti, Berg, Brower, Finnegan, Hanohano, Marumoto, McKelvey, Pine, Thielen, Wakai, Ward, Wooley; and 3 Excused Representative(s) Bertram, Ching, Takai. |
| 5/8/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 795) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate. |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 732) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the House. |
| 5/8/2009 | H | Act 061, on 5/8/2009, veto override. |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Act 061, 5/8/2009, veto override. |