| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/17/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/18/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/21/2002 | House Received from General Counsel | HINTRO | |
| 1/21/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/25/2002 | House Received Fiscal Note from Fiscal | HSTRUL | |
| 1/25/2002 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTJUD | |
| 1/29/2002 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 7 4 2 |
| 1/29/2002 | House Comm Report Favorable | HSTJUD | |
| 1/29/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/7/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/26/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 46 26 3 |
| 2/26/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/from Rules Comm to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/failed | HCLERK | 9 18 2 |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Filed | HFILE |