| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 11/6/2008 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 11/7/2008 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 12/23/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/23/2008 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/14/2009 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/20/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HDOCKET | |
| 1/21/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HDOCKET | |
| 1/21/2009 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HDOCKET | |
| 1/22/2009 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HDOCKET | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 1/27/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 14 0 1 |
| 1/28/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTEDU | |
| 1/28/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ circled | H3RDHB | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ uncircled | H3RDHB | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ amended | H3RDHB | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 71 0 4 |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 4 0 3 |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 2/20/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/20/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | SPRES | 27 0 2 |
| 2/20/2009 | Senate/ signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/20/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/23/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/23/2009 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/23/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/20/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/20/2009 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/24/2009 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/30/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |