| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/30/2004 | Numbered by Short Title | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/10/2004 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 2/10/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/11/2004 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/11/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/12/2004 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTREV | |
| 2/16/2004 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTREV | |
| 2/17/2004 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTREV | |
| 2/17/2004 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTREV | 5 2 1 |
| 2/17/2004 | Substitute Recommended by Standing Committee | SSTREV | |
| 2/17/2004 | Senate/ comm report/ substitute | SSTREV | |
| 2/17/2004 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate/ substitute | SSUB | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2004 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 19 8 2 |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/25/2004 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 17 8 4 |
| 2/26/2004 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/26/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/1/2004 | 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/ substituted | H3RDSB | |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ failed | SSEC | 27 44 4 |
| 3/3/2004 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/3/2004 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |