| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/30/2004 | Numbered by Short Title | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2004 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 2/2/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2004 | Numbered | HSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2004 | Bill Distributed | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ to standing committee | HSTPOL | |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ received fiscal note from LFA | HSTPOL | |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTPOL | |
| 2/12/2004 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HSTPOL | |
| 2/18/2004 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTPOL | |
| 2/18/2004 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPOL | 10 0 0 |
| 2/18/2004 | House/ comm report favorable/ substituted | HSTPOL | |
| 2/18/2004 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/23/2004 | House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules Committee | HSTRUL | |
| 2/24/2004 | House/ Rules Committee to 3rd Reading Calendar | H3RDHB | |
| 2/25/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/25/2004 | House/ amended | H3RDHB | |
| 2/25/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 71 0 4 |
| 2/25/2004 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/26/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/26/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ from Rules Committee to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd & 3rd (Suspension) | S2ND | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ to Rules Committee | SSTRUL | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ enacting clause struck | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ filed | HFILE |