| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/22/2009 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Referred to HTH/CPN, WAM. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Re-Referred to HRE/HTH, WAM. |
| 2/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HRE-HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-09 1:15pm in conference room 225. |
| 2/5/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HRE-HTH deferred the measure until 02-17-09 1:15 PM in conference room 225. |
| 2/17/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HRE deferred the measure until 02-17-09 2:30PM in conference room 229. |
| 2/17/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Sakamoto, Baker, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kokubun, Takamine. |
| 2/17/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Baker, Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Green ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hemmings. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Reported from HRE/HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 226) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 3/3/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WAM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-05-09 10:20 AM 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: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, English, Fukunaga, Galuteria, Hooser, Kidani, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Hee, Kokubun, Hemmings. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 832) 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, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 89) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to HLT, HED/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 |
| 3/13/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03-17-09 8:30am in House conference room 329. |
| 3/17/2009 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Nishimoto, Bertram, Brower, Mizuno, Shimabukuro; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Carroll, Finnegan. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1045) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED/CPC. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED/CPC with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, McKelvey, Morita, Takai, Thielen excused (5). |
| 3/23/2009 | H | Re-referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 38 |
| 3/30/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-01-09 2:00PM in House conference room 308. |
| 4/1/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 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: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pine. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1657) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Morita, Souki, Takai excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 423). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Tokuda, Chair; Ige, Kim, Co-Chair(s); Baker, Hemmings. |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 650). |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 653). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: Yamane, Chang, Herkes, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Nakashima, Finnegan. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Re-referred to HLT, HED/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 58 |
| 4/21/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-09 2:00 PM in conference room 329. |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-09 2:00pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/27/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-09 3:00 PM in conference room 329. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-09 11:30am in conference room 329. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-09 11:30am in conference room 329. |
| 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) Tokuda, Ige, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Hemmings. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Chang, Herkes, Nishimoto, Nakashima; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Finnegan. |
| 5/1/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 149). |
| 5/2/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 149) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-2009. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Deferred until 05-07-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Deferred to Thursday, 05-07-09. |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Bertram, Takai excused (2). |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom. 0 Excused: none. |
| 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 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-30-09 (Gov. Msg. No. 781) |
| 6/30/2009 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 465) |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Vetoed on 07-15-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 820). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 518). |
| 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 42 Ayes; 4 Noes Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine; and 5 Excused Representative(s) Berg, Herkes, 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 18 on 07-15-09. |