| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/20/2004 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/21/2004 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/21/2004 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/22/2004 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2004 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTREV | |
| 1/27/2004 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTREV | 4 3 1 |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTREV | |
| 1/28/2004 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/29/2004 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/29/2004 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2004 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2004 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 17 10 2 |
| 2/2/2004 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/2/2004 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 20 8 1 |
| 2/2/2004 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/2/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2004 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/3/2004 | House/ to standing committee | HSTGOC | |
| 2/6/2004 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTGOC | 7 0 4 |
| 2/9/2004 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTGOC | |
| 2/9/2004 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 47 21 7 |
| 2/11/2004 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/11/2004 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/12/2004 | Senate/ signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 2/12/2004 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/18/2004 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/8/2004 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | SSEC | |
| 3/9/2004 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/9/2004 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/23/2004 | Governor Vetoed | LTGOV | |
| 4/26/2004 | Senate/ place back 3rd | S3RD | |
| 4/26/2004 | Senate/ override Governor's veto | HCLERK | 24 5 0 |
| 4/26/2004 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 4/26/2004 | House/ place back on 3rd Reading Cal | H3RDSB | |
| 4/26/2004 | House/ override Governor's veto | SSEC | 50 22 3 |
| 4/26/2004 | House/ to Senate | SPRES |