| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/2/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/2/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | Waiting for Introduction in the Senate | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | Senate Rules Committee | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/8/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | 6 0 1 |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/13/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/13/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | 25 0 4 |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | Clerk of the House | 27 0 2 |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ to House | Clerk of the House | |
| 2/17/2012 | House/ received from Senate | Clerk of the House | |
| 2/17/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | House Rules Committee | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ to standing committee | House Judiciary Committee | |
| 2/27/2012 | House Comm - Not Considered | House Judiciary Committee | |
| 2/28/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | House Judiciary Committee | 10 0 3 |
| 2/29/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | House Judiciary Committee | |
| 2/29/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | House Speaker | 71 2 2 |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | Senate President | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ to Senate | Senate President | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ received from House | Senate President | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/1/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/2/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/16/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/16/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/19/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/19/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | Executive Branch - Governor | |
| 3/22/2012 | Governor Signed | Lieutenant Governor's office for filing | |
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