| 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 | |
| 2/16/2004 | Numbered | HSTRUL | |
| 2/16/2004 | Bill Distributed | HSTRUL | |
| 2/20/2004 | House/ to standing committee | HSTBUS | |
| 2/20/2004 | House/ received fiscal note from LFA | HSTBUS | |
| 2/20/2004 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTBUS | |
| 2/25/2004 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTBUS | 12 0 1 |
| 2/26/2004 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTBUS | |
| 2/26/2004 | House/ read 2nd time returned to Rules Comm | HSTRUL | |
| 2/26/2004 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDHB | |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 54 16 5 |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/27/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/27/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ from Rules Committee to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ enacting clause struck | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ filed | HFILE |