| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/27/2004 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/27/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/28/2004 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/28/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2004 | House/ received fiscal note from LFA | HSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2004 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2004 | House/ to standing committee | HSTPOL | |
| 1/30/2004 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HSTPOL | |
| 2/3/2004 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTPOL | |
| 2/3/2004 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTPOL | |
| 2/3/2004 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPOL | 7 1 2 |
| 2/4/2004 | House/ comm rpt fav/ substituted/ amended | HSTPOL | |
| 2/4/2004 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/13/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/13/2004 | House/ amended | H3RDHB | |
| 2/13/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 67 2 6 |
| 2/13/2004 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/16/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/16/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/18/2004 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTGOP | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate Comm - Tabled | SSTGOP | 6 0 1 |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ comm report/ substitute/ amended | SSUB | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ comm rpt sent to Rules Committee | SSUB | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ to Rules Committee | SSTRUL | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate Comm - Not Lifted from Table | SSTGOP | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ under suspension of the rules | S2ND | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ from Rules Committee to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2004 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 22 0 7 |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/2/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/2/2004 | House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/2/2004 | House/ concurs with Senate amendments | SPRES | 68 1 6 |
| 3/2/2004 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ signed by Speaker sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/3/2004 | Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/3/2004 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2004 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | HCLERK | |
| 3/11/2004 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/11/2004 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/19/2004 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |