| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/5/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/5/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/5/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 3 2 2 |
| 2/10/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTEDU | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 17 8 4 |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 15 12 2 |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 3/3/2009 | House Comm - Returned to Rules | HSTEDU | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ comm report/ sent to Rules Committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ lift bill from committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ enacting clause struck | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |