| Sort by Date | | Status Text |
| 1/18/2008 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/18/2008 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/22/2008 | S | Referred to PBS, JDL. |
| 1/23/2008 | S | The committee on PBS has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-08 2:45PM in conference room 225. |
| 1/29/2008 | S | The committee(s) on PBS deferred the measure until 02-05-08 at 2:45 pm in conference room 225. |
| 2/5/2008 | S | The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PBS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Whalen ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Sakamoto. |
| 2/14/2008 | S | Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2343) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL. |
| 2/14/2008 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| 2/25/2008 | S | The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-28-08 at 10:00 am in conference room 016. |
| 2/28/2008 | S | The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Gabbard, Kokubun, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hee. |
| 2/29/2008 | S | Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2873) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 2/29/2008 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-08. |
| 3/4/2008 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Slom, Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Hee). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/4/2008 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 124). |
| 3/6/2008 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/6/2008 | H | Referred to PSM/LAB, FIN, referral sheet 34 |
| 3/14/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by PSM/LAB on Tuesday, 03-18-08 at 9:00 am in House conference room 309. |
| 3/18/2008 | H | The committees on PSM recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evans, Lee, Nishimoto, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Finnegan; 0 Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Luke, McKelvey, Nakasone, Pine. |
| 3/18/2008 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Sonson, Evans, Lee, Nishimoto, Souki, Takamine, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer; 0 Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Nakasone, Har, Luke, McKelvey, Pine. |
| 3/19/2008 | H | Reported from PSM/LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1281-08), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 3/20/2008 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Meyer voting no (1) and Representative(s) Bertram, Manahan, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Sagum, Souki, Waters excused (7). |
| 3/28/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-31-08 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 308. |
| 3/31/2008 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Lee, Awana, Brower, Carroll, Hanohano, Har, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Manahan, Mizuno, Rhoads, Sagum, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer, Pine, Ward; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Nakasone. |
| 4/4/2008 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1774-08) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/4/2008 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-08. |
| 4/8/2008 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Pine voting no (1) and Representative(s) Nakasone, Sagum excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/10/2008 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 562). |
| 4/10/2008 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/10/2008 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 620). |
| 4/10/2008 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Espero, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Nishihara, Whalen. |
| 4/11/2008 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 656). |
| 4/14/2008 | H | House conferees appointed: Evans, Sonson, Har Co-Chairs; Finnegan. |
| 4/14/2008 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 728). |
| 4/15/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-18-08 at 9:30 am in conference room 312. |
| 4/18/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-08 at 9:00 am in conference room 312. |
| 4/22/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-08 at 9:50 am in conference room 312. |
| 4/23/2008 | S | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Taniguchi, Nishihara, Whalen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/23/2008 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Evans, Har, Finnegan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sonson. |
| 4/25/2008 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 104-08). |
| 4/25/2008 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 104-08) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/25/2008 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-29-08. |
| 4/25/2008 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-29-08. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings. 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2008 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Meyer, Pine voting no (2) and Representative(s) Nakasone, Sagum, Saiki excused (3). |
| 4/30/2008 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 729). |
| 5/1/2008 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824). |
| 5/5/2008 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 6/23/2008 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-23-08 (Gov. Msg. No. 843) |
| 6/23/2008 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 513) |
| 7/8/2008 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 562). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Vetoed on 07-08-08 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 876). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Hemmings). Excused, 3 (Bunda, Inouye, Whalen). |
| 7/10/2008 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 749) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate. |