| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/27/2009 | H | Pending introduction. |
| 1/28/2009 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | H | Referred to EEP, JUD, referral sheet 4 |
| 2/6/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-10-09 9:00 AM in House conference room 325. |
| 2/10/2009 | H | The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Morita, Coffman, Cabanilla, Chang, Har, Ito, C. Lee, Luke, Sagum, Ching, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Chong, Herkes. |
| 2/17/2009 | H | Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 301) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD. |
| 2/18/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Bertram, Takai, Takumi excused (3). |
| 2/27/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-03-09 2:00pm in House conference room 325. |
| 3/3/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Cabanilla, Luke, Mizuno, B. Oshiro, Tsuji, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 6 Excused: Carroll, Herkes, McKelvey, Morita, Souki, Wakai. |
| 3/6/2009 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 927) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 3/6/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-2009. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 265). |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 3/12/2009 | S | Referred to CPN, JGO. |
| 3/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-09 8:30am in conference room 229. |
| 3/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN has rescheduled its public hearing to 03-18-09 9:00am in conference room 229. |
| 3/18/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-19-09 9:30am in conference room 229. |
| 3/19/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Ige, Espero, Green, Sakamoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Hemmings. |
| 3/25/2009 | S | Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 939) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JGO. |
| 3/25/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JGO. |
| 3/30/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO will hold a public decision making on 04-02-09 10:15am in conference room 016. |
| 4/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on JGO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JGO were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Takamine, Bunda, Gabbard, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/9/2009 | S | Reported from JGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1236) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 4/9/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 597) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 4/16/2009 | H | House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). |
| 4/17/2009 | S | Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 567). |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Re-referred to EEP, JUD, CPC, referral sheet 57 |
| 4/17/2009 | H | House conferees appointed: Morita, Karamatsu, Herkes Co-Chairs; Ching. |
| 4/17/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Baker, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Ihara. |
| 4/17/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 709). |
| 4/20/2009 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 589). |
| 5/11/2009 | D | Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. |