| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/28/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/28/2008 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/28/2008 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/29/2008 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/30/2008 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/12/2008 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/13/2008 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/13/2008 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HSTRUL | |
| 2/13/2008 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HSTRUL | |
| 2/14/2008 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 2/15/2008 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTJUD | |
| 2/15/2008 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 11 0 2 |
| 2/18/2008 | House/ comm report favorable/ amended | HSTJUD | |
| 2/18/2008 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/21/2008 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/21/2008 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 65 0 10 |
| 2/21/2008 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/22/2008 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/22/2008 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/25/2008 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 2/27/2008 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 4 0 3 |
| 2/27/2008 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 2/27/2008 | Senate/ comm report/ placed on Consent Cal | SCON | |
| 2/27/2008 | Senate/ read 2nd | SCON | |
| 3/3/2008 | Senate/ read 3rd | SCON | |
| 3/3/2008 | Senate/ pass 2nd & 3rd | SPRES | 27 0 2 |
| 3/3/2008 | Senate/ signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2008 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/3/2008 | House/ signed by Speaker sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/3/2008 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/4/2008 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2008 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/13/2008 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/17/2008 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/18/2008 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |