| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Referred to WTL/ENE. |
| 1/29/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL-ENE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-09 3:00pm in conference room 229. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in ENE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, English, Ihara, Kokubun, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Green, Hooser. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Tokuda, Bunda, Kokubun, Takamine, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. |
| 2/10/2009 | S | Reported from WTL/ENE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 21) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/10/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. |
| 2/10/2009 | S | One Day Notice 2/11/2009. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Kim). Transmitted to House. |
| 2/11/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 6). |
| 2/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 2/17/2009 | H | Referred to WLO, referral sheet 16 |
| 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 committees on WLO recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Har, Cabanilla, Chong, Coffman, Herkes, Morita, Sagum, Ching; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Chang, C. Lee, Luke, Thielen. |
| 3/18/2009 | H | Reported from WLO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1004), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/18/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki, Takai excused (2). |
| 3/19/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Luke, Mizuno, Saiki, Souki, Takai, Thielen excused (7). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 3/20/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 348). |
| 3/20/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 4/1/2009 | H | Act 002, on 4/1/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 281). |
| 4/1/2009 | S | Act 002, 4/1/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 545). |