| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/3/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/3/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/8/2002 | 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 | |
| 1/24/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/24/2002 | House Amended | H3RDHB | |
| 1/25/2002 | House Amended | H3RDHB | |
| 1/25/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 62 3 10 |
| 1/25/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 1/25/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 1/28/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTJUD | |
| 2/4/2002 | Senate Comm - Held | SSTJUD | 4 0 2 |
| 2/6/2002 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTJUD | |
| 2/6/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJUD | 4 0 2 |
| 2/7/2002 | Senate/comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 23 0 6 |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/28/2002 | House Received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/28/2002 | House Placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Concurs with Senate Amendments | SPRES | 65 0 10 |
| 3/1/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/1/2002 | Senate/received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/1/2002 | Senate/signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/1/2002 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/4/2002 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2002 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/14/2002 | House Sent to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2002 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |