| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Referred to ENE. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | The committee(s) on ENE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-09 2:45pm in conference room 225. |
| 2/26/2009 | S | The committee(s) on ENE deferred the measure until 03-03-09 2:45pm in conference room 225. |
| 3/3/2009 | S | The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ENE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, English, Hooser, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Green, Kokubun, Hemmings. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from ENE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 564) 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, 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. 209) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to EEP, CPC/JUD, referral sheet 28 |
| 3/16/2009 | H | Re-referred to EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 31 |
| 3/17/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-19-09 10:00am in House conference room 325. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Morita, Coffman, Cabanilla, Chang, Chong, Har, Herkes, Ito, C. Lee, Sagum; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Luke, Ching, Thielen. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1080) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JUD. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, McKelvey, Morita, Takai, Thielen excused (5). |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JUD on Monday, 03-23-09 2:00 PM in House conference room 325. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Herkes, Wakai, Belatti, Ito, Karamatsu, Luke, Mizuno, Souki, Tsuji, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, McKelvey, Morita. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Herkes, Luke, Mizuno, Souki, Tsuji, Wakai, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, McKelvey, Morita, B. Oshiro. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Reported from CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1232) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN. |
| 3/27/2009 | H | Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting no and Chang, Herkes, McKelvey, Pine, Takai, Tokioka excused. |
| 4/3/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-06-09 2:00pm in House conference room 308. |
| 4/6/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Tokioka, Wooley, Yamashita, Pine, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1697) as amended in HD 3, 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 3 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Morita, Takai excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 471). |
| 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: Gabbard, Chair; Fukunaga, Hooser, Ihara, Hemmings. |
| 4/20/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: Morita, Herkes, B. Oshiro, Coffman Co-Chairs; Marumoto. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 710). |
| 4/21/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-09 2:30pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/23/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-09 1:30pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/28/2009 | 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) Gabbard, Ihara, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hooser. |
| 4/28/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Morita, Herkes, B. Oshiro, Coffman, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 71) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 71). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | 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. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Bertram, Takai excused (2). |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 779). |
| 5/6/2009 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 727). |
| 5/7/2009 | 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. 826). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 524). |
| 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). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 44 Ayes; 3 Noes Representative(s) Finnegan, Har, Marumoto; and 4 Excused Representative(s) Berg, 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 25 on 07-15-09. |