| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/17/2005 | Numbered | LRGC | |
| 1/17/2005 | Bill Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/18/2005 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/18/2005 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/19/2005 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTTPT | |
| 1/25/2005 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTTPT | |
| 1/25/2005 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTTPT | 5 0 1 |
| 1/25/2005 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTTPT | |
| 1/26/2005 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2005 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2005 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 27 1 1 |
| 2/2/2005 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/2/2005 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 2/2/2005 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/2/2005 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2005 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/3/2005 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 2/8/2005 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTJUD | |
| 2/8/2005 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 9 1 3 |
| 2/8/2005 | Substitute Recommended by Standing Comm | HSTJUD | |
| 2/9/2005 | House/ comm report favorable/ substituted | HSUB | |
| 2/9/2005 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/10/2005 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/10/2005 | House/ circled | H3RDSB | |
| 2/10/2005 | House/ uncircled | H3RDSB | |
| 2/10/2005 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 59 0 16 |
| 2/10/2005 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/10/2005 | Senate/ received from House | SCURCAL | |
| 2/10/2005 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/11/2005 | Senate/ concurs with House amendments | HSPKR | 25 0 4 |
| 2/11/2005 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/11/2005 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/11/2005 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/14/2005 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/14/2005 | Senate/ signed by President/ enrolled | LRGCEN | |
| 2/14/2005 | Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/15/2005 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | LRGCEN | |
| 2/15/2005 | Enroll Draft | LRGCEN | |
| 3/8/2005 | Pass Review Forward for Enrolling | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2005 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2005 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/11/2005 | Governor Signed | EGOV |