| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/16/2004 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2004 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/22/2004 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate Comm - Not Considered | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2004 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2004 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 6 0 2 |
| 2/11/2004 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | SSTEDU | |
| 2/11/2004 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/18/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ read 3 (Suspension) | S2ND | |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ pass 2nd & 3rd (Suspension) | HCLERK | 24 0 5 |
| 3/2/2004 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/2/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ circled | H3RDSB | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ uncircled | H3RDSB | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 65 5 5 |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 3/3/2004 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2004 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2004 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2004 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/15/2004 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/16/2004 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |