| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/30/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/30/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/received from LRGC | SINTRO | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/31/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/5/2002 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/5/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 7 2 1 |
| 2/7/2002 | Senate/comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 18 10 1 |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | HCLERK | 16 11 2 |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Received from Senate | HINTRO | |
| 2/27/2002 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2002 | House Under Suspension of the Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/5/2002 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/5/2002 | House Failed | SSEC | 32 42 1 |
| 3/5/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/received from House | SFILE | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/filed | SFILE |