| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to HTH. |
| 2/6/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HTH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-09 3:00pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/11/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HTH deferred the measure until 02-13-09 2:40pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/13/2009 | S | The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Green, Baker, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. |
| 2/20/2009 | S | Reported from HTH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 436) 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, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Sakamoto . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Hemmings, Slom). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) English). Transmitted to House. |
| 2/23/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 31) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 2/24/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 2/25/2009 | H | Referred to HLT, EDN, FIN, referral sheet 23 |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 03-13-09 9:30AM in House conference room 329. |
| 3/13/2009 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Nishimoto, Bertram, Brower, Mizuno, Shimabukuro; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Finnegan; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Carroll. |
| 3/18/2009 | H | Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1007) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN. |
| 3/19/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EDN with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan voting no (2) and Representative(s) Chang, Luke, Mizuno, Saiki, Souki, Takai, Thielen excused (7). |
| 3/18/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Friday, 03-20-09 2:00pm in House conference room 309. |
| 3/20/2009 | H | The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Berg, Hanohano, Manahan, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Rhoads; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Bertram, Ching, Finnegan; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Chang, Nakashima, Saiki, Shimabukuro. |
| 3/24/2009 | H | Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1192), recommending referral to FIN. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Bertram, Ching, Finnegan voting no and Representative(s) Sagum, Saiki, Takai excused. |
| 4/1/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 04-03-09 4:30PM in House conference room 308. |
| 4/3/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Tokioka, Wooley, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Pine; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Awana, Keith-Agaran. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1639), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/14/2009 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Pine voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Morita, Takai excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 482). |
| 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: Ige, Chair; Baker, Green. |
| 4/20/2009 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 710). |
| 4/27/2009 | S | The Senate Conference Managers have scheduled a decision making to agree to the House amendments on 04-28-09 3:30pm in conference room 229. |
| 4/28/2009 | S | The Senate Conference Managers recommend that the Senate agree to the House amendments. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Baker, Green; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-09 in disagreeing to the House amendments. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-30-09. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | One Day Notice 04-30-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Deferred until 05-05-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading. 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard, Sakamoto . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom. 0 Excused: none. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 780). |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 6/30/2009 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 465) |
| 6/30/2009 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-30-09 (Gov. Msg. No. 781) |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Vetoed on 07-15-09 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 827). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 525). |
| 7/15/2009 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Sakamoto, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). |
| 7/15/2009 | H | Veto overridden by 2/3's vote with 43 Ayes; 4 Noes Representative(s) Aquino, Ching, Finnegan, Pine; 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 27 on 07-15-09. |