| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/15/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2009 | House/ received from General Counsel | HDOCKET | |
| 1/24/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HDOCKET | |
| 1/24/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HDOCKET | |
| 1/24/2009 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | HDOCKET | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ received bill with fiscal note from Print | HDOCKET | |
| 1/26/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 1/30/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 13 0 0 |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTJUD | |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/6/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDHB | |
| 2/6/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 70 0 5 |
| 2/6/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 7 0 0 |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ placed on Consent Cal | SCON | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | SCON | |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ returned to Rules Committee | SSTRUL | |
| 3/9/2009 | Senate/ lifted from Rules Comm | SCON | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | SCON | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ circled | SCON | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | SCON | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | SPRES | 25 0 4 |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ signed by President to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/10/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/10/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/10/2009 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/20/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/20/2009 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/20/2009 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/25/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |