| Sort by Date | | Status Text |
| 1/18/2008 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/22/2008 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/22/2008 | S | Referred to EDT/TSG. |
| 2/19/2008 | S | The committee(s) on EDT/TSG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-08 at 2:30 pm in conference room 229. |
| 2/26/2008 | S | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Espero, English, Ige; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker. |
| 2/26/2008 | S | The committee(s) on TSG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TSG were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Tsutsui. |
| 2/29/2008 | S | Reported from EDT/TSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2652) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/29/2008 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. |
| 2/29/2008 | S | One Day Notice 03-04-08. |
| 3/4/2008 | S | Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom, Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Bunda). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/4/2008 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 142). |
| 3/6/2008 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/6/2008 | H | Referred to TAC/EDB, referral sheet 35 |
| 3/20/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by TAC/EDB on Monday, 03-24-08 at 10:00 am in House conference room 325. |
| 3/24/2008 | H | The committees on TAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Manahan, Brower, Hanohano, Herkes, Tsuji, Wakai, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Marumoto; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Berg, Chang, Ching. |
| 3/24/2008 | H | The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Wakai, Brower, Hanohano, Herkes, Manahan, Tsuji, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Marumoto; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Berg, Chang, Ching. |
| 3/28/2008 | H | Reported from TAC/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1475-08) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/28/2008 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Marumoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Finnegan, Magaoay, McKelvey, Nakasone, Pine, Thielen excused (6). |
| 3/31/2008 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Meyer, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no (7) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Nakasone, Takai excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/1/2008 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 416). |
| 4/1/2008 | S | Deferred until 04-02-08. |
| 4/2/2008 | S | Deferred until 04-03-08. |
| 4/3/2008 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/3/2008 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 441). |
| 4/10/2008 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Fukunaga, Chair; Kim, Co-Chair(s); Tsutsui, Espero, Whalen. |
| 4/11/2008 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 656). |
| 4/14/2008 | H | House conferees appointed: Yamane, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Manahan, Wakai. |
| 4/14/2008 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 728). |
| 4/21/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-08 at 9:45 am in conference room 423. |
| 4/22/2008 | 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) Fukunaga, Kim, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Tsutsui, Whalen. |
| 4/22/2008 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Yamashita, Manahan, Wakai; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/24/2008 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 11-08). |
| 4/23/2008 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11-08) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/23/2008 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-29-08. |
| 4/24/2008 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-29-08. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 22 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 3 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom, Trimble. 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2008 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Meyer, Pine, Thielen, Ward voting no (7) and Representative(s) Nakasone excused (1). |
| 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. 565). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Vetoed on 07-08-08 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 879). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Hemmings, Slom, Trimble). 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. |