| Sort by Date | | Status Text |
| 1/22/2008 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/23/2008 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/25/2008 | S | Referred to CPH. |
| 2/7/2008 | S | The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-08 at 9:00 am in conference room 229. |
| 2/14/2008 | S | The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kokubun, Espero, Taniguchi, Trimble; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Ige, Ihara, Sakamoto. |
| 2/28/2008 | S | Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2641) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/28/2008 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 2/28/2008 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-08. |
| 3/4/2008 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/4/2008 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 294). |
| 3/6/2008 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/7/2008 | H | Referred to CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36 |
| 3/13/2008 | H | Re-referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 46 |
| 3/14/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-18-08 at 3:45 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 3/18/2008 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Waters, B. Oshiro, Evans, Green, Ito, Luke, McKelvey, Souki, Tsuji, Yamane, Yamashita, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Morita, Sonson, Pine. |
| 3/19/2008 | H | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1342-08) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 3/20/2008 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Bertram, Manahan, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Sagum, Souki, Waters excused (7). |
| 3/24/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-26-08 at 11:00 am in House conference room 308. |
| 3/26/2008 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Lee, Awana, Brower, Carroll, Hanohano, Har, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Manahan, Mizuno, Rhoads, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Nakasone, Sagum, Pine. |
| 4/3/2008 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1638-08) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/3/2008 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-08. |
| 4/8/2008 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakasone, Sagum, Waters excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/10/2008 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 621). |
| 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: Kokubun, Chair; Taniguchi, Trimble. |
| 4/11/2008 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 656). |
| 4/14/2008 | H | House conferees appointed: B. Oshiro, Herkes, Tokioka Co-Chairs; McKelvey, Thielen. |
| 4/14/2008 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 728). |
| 4/14/2008 | H | Re-referred to JUD, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 79 |
| 4/17/2008 | S | The Senate Conference Managers have scheduled a decision making to agree to the House amendments on 04-18-08 at 2:30 pm in conference room 016. |
| 4/18/2008 | S | The Senate Conference Managers recommend that the Senate agree to the House amendments. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kokubun, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Trimble. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-08 in disagreeing to the House amendments. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 05-01-08. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | One Day Notice 05-01-08. |
| 5/1/2008 | S | Passed Final Reading. 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ige, Whalen. |
| 5/1/2008 | H | Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 746). |
| 5/7/2008 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 6/5/2008 | H | Act 142, on 6/5/2008 (Gov. Msg. No. 452). |
| 6/6/2008 | S | Act 142, 6/5/2008 (Gov. Msg. No. 784). |