| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/6/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/6/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/9/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTRUL | |
| 2/12/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 12 0 1 |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTJUD | |
| 2/17/2009 | House/ comm rpt fav/ placed on Consent Cal | HSTJUD | |
| 2/17/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HCON | |
| 2/20/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | HCON | |
| 2/20/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 68 0 7 |
| 2/20/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/23/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/23/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 2/25/2009 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTJLC | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ substituted/placed on Consent | SSUB |