| Date | | Status Text |
| 1/26/2009 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/28/2009 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2009 | S | Referred to CPN. |
| 2/26/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-02-09 10:00 AM in conference room 229. |
| 3/2/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-03-09 9:30 AM in conference room 229. |
| 3/3/2009 | S | The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Ige, Espero, Ihara, Sakamoto, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Green. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 579) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/6/2009 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 3/6/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-09. |
| 3/10/2009 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/10/2009 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 257) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/12/2009 | H | Referred to CPC/JUD, referral sheet 28 |
| 3/16/2009 | H | Re-referred to CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 31 |
| 3/20/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JUD on Monday, 03-23-09 2:00 PM in House conference room 325. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Herkes, Wakai, Belatti, Ito, Karamatsu, Luke, Mizuno, Souki, Tsuji, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, McKelvey, Morita. |
| 3/23/2009 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Ito, Belatti, Herkes, Luke, Mizuno, Souki, Tsuji, Wakai, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, McKelvey, Morita, B. Oshiro. |
| 3/25/2009 | H | Reported from CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1235) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 3/27/2009 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, McKelvey, Pine, Takai, Tokioka excused (6). |
| 3/30/2009 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-09 3:00PM in House conference room 308. |
| 4/2/2009 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Coffman, Har, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Tokioka, Wooley, Yamashita, Pine; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. |
| 4/9/2009 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1654) as amended in HD 2, 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 2 with none voting no (0) and Morita, Takai excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 489). |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/16/2009 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Baker, Chair; Ige, Hemmings. |
| 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: Herkes, Ito, Keith-Agaran Co-Chairs; Marumoto. |
| 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 2:00 PM in conference room 016. |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Senator(s) Taniguchi added as Co-Chair(s). |
| 4/22/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-09 2:00 PM in conference room 016. |
| 4/22/2009 | H | Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 729). |
| 4/27/2009 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-09 2:30pm in conference room 016. |
| 4/29/2009 | S | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Taniguchi, Ige; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hemmings. |
| 4/28/2009 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ito. |
| 4/30/2009 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 75). |
| 4/30/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-09. |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 75) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/30/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-2009. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Floor Amendment No. 12 offered. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2). |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Separated Committee Report. |
| 5/5/2009 | S | Report filed.
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| 5/5/2009 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 05-07-09. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Floor Amendment No. 9 offered by Rep. Herkes. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Bertram, Hanohano, Takai excused. |
| 5/5/2009 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday 05-07-2009. |
| 5/7/2009 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda. |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Bertram, Finnegan, Takai, Thielen excused (4). |
| 5/7/2009 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 788). |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 730). |
| 5/8/2009 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 5/28/2009 | H | Act 077, on 5/28/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 372). |
| 5/28/2009 | S | Act 077, 5/28/2009 (Gov. Msg. No. 694). |