| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/12/2001 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 12/13/2001 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/17/2001 | House Received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/8/2002 | House Received Fiscal Note from Fiscal | HINTRO | |
| 1/21/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/21/2002 | House Under Suspension of the Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 1/21/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/22/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/22/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 68 0 7 |
| 1/22/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 1/23/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTJUD | |
| 2/4/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJUD | 5 0 1 |
| 2/5/2002 | Senate/committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2002 | Senate/to Rules Committee | SSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/enacting clause struck | HCLERK | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Filed | HFILE |