| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 10/26/2011 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 10/26/2011 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 12/12/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 12/19/2011 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 1/20/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | Clerk of the House | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | House Rules Committee | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ to standing committee | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/23/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/24/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/24/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/24/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/24/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | 11 0 2 |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills | |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills | |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ circled | House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills | Voice vote |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ uncircled | House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills | Voice vote |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | Senate Secretary | 72 0 3 |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ to Senate | Senate Secretary | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ received from House | Waiting for Introduction in the Senate | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | Senate Rules Committee | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate Comm - Held | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | 4 2 1 |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | 22 2 5 |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar Table | |
| 2/26/2012 | Senate/ placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ circled | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Voice vote |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Voice vote |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | Senate President | 29 0 0 |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | House Speaker | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House | House Speaker | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | House Speaker | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/8/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/13/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/16/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | Clerk of the House | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | Clerk of the House | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ received enrolled bill from Printing | Clerk of the House | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ to Governor | Executive Branch - Governor | |
| 3/22/2012 | Governor Signed | Lieutenant Governor's office for filing | |
Bill Status/Votes