| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/1/2002 | Numbered by Short Title | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2002 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2002 | Numbered | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2002 | Bill Distributed | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2002 | Senate/received from LRGC | SSTRUL | |
| 2/7/2002 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTHUS | |
| 2/25/2002 | Senate/received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTHUS | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTHUS | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTHUS | 4 0 2 |
| 2/26/2002 | Substitute Recommended by Standing Committee | SSTHUS | |
| 2/26/2002 | Bill Distributed | SSTHUS | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/comm report/ substitute | SSUB | |
| 2/26/2002 | Senate/placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2002 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 17 6 6 |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/pass 3rd | HCLERK | 19 8 2 |
| 2/28/2002 | Senate/to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/28/2002 | House Received from Senate | HINTRO | |
| 2/28/2002 | 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 Under Suspension of the Rules | H3RDSB | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/6/2002 | 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules Comm | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Rules Comm to 3rd Reading Calendar | H3RDSB | |
| 3/6/2002 | House / Enacting Clause Struck | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2002 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2002 | Senate/filed | SFILE |