| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/1/2002 | Numbered by Short Title | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Received from General Counsel | HINTRO | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/26/2002 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/26/2002 | Numbered | HSTEDU | |
| 2/26/2002 | Bill Distributed | HSTEDU | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 8 0 5 |
| 2/28/2002 | House Comm Report Favorable | HSTEDU | |
| 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 | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 3/1/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 65 9 1 |
| 3/1/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/1/2002 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 3/4/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/from Rules Comm to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/read 2nd & 3rd (Suspension) | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd & 3rd (Suspension) | SPRES | 24 0 5 |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/7/2002 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2002 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/14/2002 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/15/2002 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/18/2002 | House Sent to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/26/2002 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |