| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/4/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/4/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/8/2002 | House Received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/10/2002 | 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 Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 56 8 11 |
| 1/24/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 1/24/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 1/24/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTHEE | |
| 2/5/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTHEE | 4 0 1 |
| 2/7/2002 | Senate/committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 25 0 4 |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | SPRES | 24 0 5 |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 2/28/2002 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/1/2002 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2002 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/11/2002 | House Sent to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2002 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |