| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/18/2002 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2002 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2003 | House Received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/15/2003 | House Received Fiscal Note from Fiscal | HINTRO | |
| 1/20/2003 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/20/2003 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTPOL | |
| 1/21/2003 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPOL | 10 0 0 |
| 1/22/2003 | House Comm Report Favorable | H3RDHB | |
| 1/22/2003 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/23/2003 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 1/23/2003 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 64 2 9 |
| 1/23/2003 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 1/24/2003 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 1/27/2003 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2003 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 1/30/2003 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 6 0 2 |
| 1/31/2003 | Senate/committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate/pass 3rd | SPRES | 21 0 8 |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate/signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/5/2003 | House Received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/6/2003 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 2/6/2003 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/7/2003 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2003 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/14/2003 | House Sent to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2003 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |