| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to CPN. |
| 2/4/2009 | S | Re-Referred to CPN, JGO. |
| 2/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-09 8:30 AM in conference room 229. |
| 2/17/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Ige, Espero, Green, Ihara, Sakamoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hemmings. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 266) 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. |
| 2/24/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO will hold a public decision making on 02-26-09 9:00am in conference room 016. |
| 2/26/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JGO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Takamine, Gabbard, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda, Nishihara. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from JGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 765) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/6/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-09. |
| 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. 314) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to WLO, JUD, referral sheet 27 |
| 3/13/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by WLO on Monday, 03-16-09 9:00AM in House conference room 325. |
| 3/16/2009 | H | The committees on WLO recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Har, Coffman, Herkes, C. Lee, Luke, Morita, Sagum, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Chang, Chong, Ching. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Reported from WLO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1102), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Carroll, Saiki, Takai excused (3). |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 03-27-09 2:00pm in House conference room 325. |
| 3/27/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Cabanilla, Luke, Mizuno, B. Oshiro, Tsuji, Wakai, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 6 Excused: Representative(s) Carroll, Herkes, McKelvey, Morita, Souki, Thielen. |
| 4/2/2009 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1423), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/2/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/3/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 362). |
| 4/3/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Act 005, on 4/16/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 290). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Act 005, 4/16/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 612). |