| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/30/2003 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/30/2003 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2003 | House Received from General Counsel | HINTRO | |
| 1/31/2003 | House Read 1st Time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2003 | House Received Fiscal Note from Fiscal | HSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2003 | House Sent to Standing Committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/11/2003 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 10 3 2 |
| 2/12/2003 | House Comm Report Favorable | H3RDHB | |
| 2/12/2003 | House Read 2nd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/20/2003 | House Read 3rd Time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/20/2003 | House Passed 3rd Reading | SSEC | 56 15 4 |
| 2/20/2003 | House Sent to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/20/2003 | Senate/received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/20/2003 | Senate/read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/24/2003 | Senate/to Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/25/2003 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 4 3 1 |
| 2/26/2003 | Senate/committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2003 | Senate/read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2003 | Senate/pass 2nd | S3RD | 18 10 1 |
| 3/3/2003 | Senate/read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 3/3/2003 | Senate/pass 3rd | SPRES | 20 8 1 |
| 3/3/2003 | Senate/signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2003 | House Received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2003 | House Signed by Speaker/Enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/4/2003 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/5/2003 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2003 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/12/2003 | House Sent to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/19/2003 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |