| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/4/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/5/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/10/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/10/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTGOP | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTGOP | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 6 0 1 |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ substitute | SSUB |