| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/25/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/25/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/25/2002 | Senate/received from LRGC | SINTRO | |
| 1/25/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 1/29/2002 | Senate/received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTEDU | |
| 1/29/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 8 0 2 |
| 1/30/2002 | Senate/committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2002 | Senate/placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 27 0 2 |
| 2/1/2002 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/1/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/1/2002 | Senate/to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/1/2002 | House Received from Senate | HINTRO | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2002 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/6/2002 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 7 0 6 |
| 2/6/2002 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/7/2002 | House Comm Rpt Fav/ Placed on Consent Cal | HSTEDU | |
| 2/7/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | HCON | |
| 2/25/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | HCON | |
| 2/25/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | HSPKR | 72 0 3 |
| 2/25/2002 | House Signed by Speaker sent Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 2/25/2002 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/4/2002 | Senate/recalled by Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/4/2002 | OLRGC returned to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/4/2002 | Senate/place back 3rd | S3RD | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/substitute | SSUB | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | HCLERK | 26 0 3 |
| 3/5/2002 | Bill Distributed | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2002 | Senate/to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2002 | House Received from Senate | HINTRO | |
| 3/5/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Under Suspension of the Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Passed 3rd Reading | HSPKR | 66 0 9 |
| 3/6/2002 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | SPRES | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/8/2002 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/14/2002 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/15/2002 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | SSEC | |
| 3/15/2002 | Senate/to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/26/2002 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |