| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Referred to LBR. |
| 2/6/2009 | S | The committee(s) on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-09 2:45 PM in conference room 224. |
| 2/10/2009 | S | The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Takamine, Taniguchi, Hee; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Bunda ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 438) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 2/20/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 02-23-09. |
| 2/23/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) English). Transmitted to House. |
| 2/23/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 29) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 2/24/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 2/25/2009 | H | Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 23 |
| 2/26/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-03-09 10:00am in House conference room 309. |
| 3/3/2009 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, Yamashita, Aquino, Awana, Hanohano, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) M. Lee, Saiki, Souki, Pine. |
| 3/11/2009 | H | Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 978), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Finnegan, Marumoto voting no (2) and Representative(s) Luke, Takai, Wakai, Wooley excused (4). |
| 4/8/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-08-09 4:30pm in House conference room 308. |
| 4/8/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, C. Lee, Sagum, Tokioka, Yamashita, Pine, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Keith-Agaran, Nishimoto, Wooley. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1727) as amended in HD 1, 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 1 with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen voting no (5) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Mizuno, Morita, Takai excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 476). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Takamine, Chair; Hee, Taniguchi. |
| 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: Rhoads, M. Oshiro Co-Chairs; Souki, Yamashita, Ward. |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 655). |
| 4/21/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-09 3:15 PM in conference room 312. |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-09 3:15 PM in conference room 312. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-09 2:15pm in conference room 312. |
| 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: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Takamine, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hee. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, M. Oshiro, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souki. |
| 5/1/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 99). |
| 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. 99) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Bunda, Ige, Kidani, Nishihara, Sakamoto . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom. 0 Excused: none. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no (6) and Representative(s) Bertram, Hanohano, Takai excused (3). |
| 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) |
| 7/14/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 503). |
| 7/14/2009 | S | Vetoed on 07-14-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 817). |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Bunda, Ige, Nishihara, Tsutsui . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Sakamoto, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 41 Ayes; 5 Noes Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Har, Pine, Tokioka; and 5 Excused Representative(s) Berg, Marumoto, 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 26 on 07-15-09. |