| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/5/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/6/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/7/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/12/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ from Rules Committee to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 1/30/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S3RD | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 25 0 4 |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 1/30/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HCLERK | |
| 1/30/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/23/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 2/26/2009 | House Comm - Not Considered | HSTNAE | |
| 3/2/2009 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTNAE | |
| 3/2/2009 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | HSTNAE | |
| 3/2/2009 | House/ comm report favorable/ substituted | HSUB |