| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Referred to TIA. |
| 1/29/2009 | S | The committee(s) on TIA has scheduled a public hearing on 2-4-09 1:15pm in conference room 224. |
| 2/4/2009 | S | The committee(s) on TIA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TIA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) English, Gabbard, Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Slom ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | Reported from TIA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 24) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | One Day Notice 2/12/2009. |
| 2/12/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Hee). Transmitted to House. |
| 2/12/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 10). |
| 2/13/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 2/17/2009 | H | Referred to TRN, WLO, referral sheet 16 |
| 3/13/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Monday, 03-16-09 9:00 AM in House conference room 309. |
| 3/16/2009 | H | The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Souki, Awana, Aquino, Hanohano, M. Lee, Nakashima, Rhoads, Takumi, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Keith-Agaran, Saiki, Pine. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Monday, 03-23-09 9:30am in House conference room 325. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Monday 03-23-09 9:30am in conference room 325. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1112) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WLO. |
| 3/24/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WLO with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). |
| 3/27/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by WLO on Monday, 03-30-09 9:00 AM in House conference room 325. |
| 3/30/2009 | H | The committees on WLO recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Har, Cabanilla, Coffman, C. Lee, Sagum, Ching, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Chang, Chong, Herkes, Luke, Morita. |
| 4/2/2009 | H | Reported from WLO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1424), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/2/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/3/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 358). |
| 4/3/2009 | S | Deferred until 04-06-09. |
| 4/6/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/6/2009 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 463). |
| 4/9/2009 | S | Deferred until 04-14-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | S | Reconsideration of action taken on 04-06-09 in disagreeing to the House amendments. |
| 4/14/2009 | S | Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-09. |
| 4/14/2009 | S | One Day Notice 04-16-09. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading. 22 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. |
| 4/16/2009 | H | Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 654). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Act 027, on 4/30/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 313). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Act 027, 4/30/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 640). |