| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Referred to WAM. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-09 9:30am in conference room 211. |
| 2/5/2009 | S | The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| 2/19/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-09 9:30AM in conference room 211. |
| 2/23/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, Galuteria, Hooser, Kokubun, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Fukunaga, Hee, Kidani. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 556) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 3/6/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-09. |
| 3/10/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Hee). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 146) 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 2:00 PM in House conference room 308. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Tokioka, Wooley, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pine. |
| 4/8/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1600) 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 none voting no (0) and Berg, Herkes, Karamatsu, Keith-Agaran, McKelvey, Mizuno, Morita, Takai, Tokioka excused (9). |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Morita, Takai excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 447). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 650). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: M. Oshiro Chair; Choy, M. Lee, Ward. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Kim, Chair; Tsutsui, Hemmings. |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). |
| 4/21/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-09 2:45pm in conference room 309. |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-09 2:45 pm in conference room 309. |
| 4/27/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-09 2:45pm in conference room 309. |
| 4/28/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 2:45 PM in conference room 309. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-09 2:45 PM in conference room 309. |
| 5/1/2009 | 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, Tsutsui, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Choy, M. Lee; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| 5/1/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 136). |
| 5/1/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 136) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-05-2009. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Floor Amendment No. 18 offered. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2). |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Separated Committee Report. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Report filed.
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| 5/5/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 05-07-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Deferred until 05-07-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Floor Amendment No. 13 offered by Rep. Chong. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no and Representative(s) Bertram, Takai excused. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday 05-07-2009. |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). 21 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom. 2 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda, Tsutsui. |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Berg, Ching, Coffman, Hanohano, Ito, Karamatsu, Marumoto, McKelvey, Pine, Souki, Takumi, Ward voting no (13) and Representative(s) Bertram, Finnegan, Takai, Thielen excused (4). |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 730). |
| 5/8/2009 | 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. 822). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 520). |
| 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). |