| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/15/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2009 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 1/26/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTEDU | |
| 1/26/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HSTEDU | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTEDU | |
| 1/27/2009 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HSTEDU | |
| 1/27/2009 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 1/27/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 12 0 3 |
| 1/28/2009 | House/ comm report favorable/ amended | HSTEDU | |
| 1/28/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 72 0 3 |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 1/30/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate Comm - Held | SSTEDU | |
| 2/23/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/23/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 6 0 1 |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 3/4/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/4/2009 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 3/4/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 3/4/2009 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 3/4/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 23 1 5 |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 21 4 4 |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/6/2009 | House/ refuse to concur in Senate amendment | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2009 | Senate/ recalled by Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2009 | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amend | CONCOM | |
| 3/6/2009 | Senate Conference Comm Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/6/2009 | House/ received from Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/6/2009 | House Conference Comm Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/9/2009 | Bill Substituted by Conference Committee | SSUB |