| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 11/20/2008 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 12/30/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/5/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/13/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate Comm - Not Considered | SSTBUS | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 5 1 1 |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate/ substitute | SSUB |