| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/1/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 2/1/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Received from General Counsel | HINTRO | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/25/2002 | House Received Fiscal Note from Fiscal | HSTRUL | |
| 2/25/2002 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 9 0 4 |
| 2/27/2002 | Substitute Recommended by Standing Comm | HSTEDU | |
| 2/27/2002 | Bill Distributed | HSTEDU | |
| 2/28/2002 | House Comm Rpt Favorable/Substituted | HSUB | |
| 2/28/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | HSTRUL | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Under Suspension of the Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 3/4/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 3/4/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 40 31 4 |
| 3/4/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/enacting clause struck | HCLERK | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Filed | HFILE |