| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to WTL. |
| 2/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-09 3:30 PM in conference room 229. |
| 2/18/2009 | S | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Fukunaga, Kokubun, Takamine; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Bunda, Hemmings. |
| 3/5/2009 | S | Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 483) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/5/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. |
| 3/5/2009 | S | One Day Notice 03-06-09. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Hemmings). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/6/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 76). |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Referred to HAW, WLO, FIN, referral sheet 26 |
| 3/13/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HAW on Wednesday, 03-18-09 9:00 AM in House conference room 329. |
| 3/18/2009 | H | The committees on HAW recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Carroll, Shimabukuro, Belatti, Bertram, Brower, Nishimoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno, Yamane. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | Reported from HAW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1068), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WLO. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on WLO with none voting no (0) and Chang, McKelvey, Morita, Takai, Thielen excused (5). |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Re-referred to HAW, referral sheet 53 |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Morita, Takai excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 566). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 5/1/2009 | H | Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 039, 4/30/2009, (Gov. Msg. No. 325). |
| 5/1/2009 | S | Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 039, 4/30/2009, (Gov. Msg. No. 652). |