| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/10/2003 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 12/16/2003 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2004 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/16/2004 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SINTRO | |
| 1/19/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/19/2004 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 1/23/2004 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 1/23/2004 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 6 0 2 |
| 1/24/2004 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | SSTJLC | |
| 1/26/2004 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/27/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/27/2004 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 26 0 3 |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 24 0 5 |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 1/29/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 1/29/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2004 | House/ to standing committee | HSTPUT | |
| 2/2/2004 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPUT | 7 0 5 |
| 2/3/2004 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTPUT | |
| 2/3/2004 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTPUT | |
| 2/3/2004 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 71 0 4 |
| 2/27/2004 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/27/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/27/2004 | Senate/ signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/1/2004 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/1/2004 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2004 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2004 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/15/2004 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/22/2004 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |