| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/27/2012 | Bill Numbered by Title Without any Substance | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/27/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/28/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/28/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/28/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | Legislative Research and General Counsel | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | Waiting for Introduction in the Senate | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | Senate Rules Committee | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | Senate Education Committee | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | Senate Education Committee | 3 0 4 |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | Senate Education Committee | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/29/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 2/29/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | Clerk of the House | 21 7 1 |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ to House | Clerk of the House | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ received from Senate | Clerk of the House | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | House Rules Committee | |
| 3/6/2012 | House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar | House Rules Committee | |
| 3/6/2012 | House/ 2nd reading/ suspension | House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | House Speaker | 50 23 2 |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | Senate President | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ to Senate | Senate President | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ received from House | Senate President | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/8/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/8/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling | |
| 3/13/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | Senate Secretary | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | Executive Branch - Governor | |
| 3/15/2012 | Governor Signed | Lieutenant Governor's office for filing | |
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