| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 11/19/2008 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 12/18/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/19/2008 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ from Rules Committee to 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 28 0 1 |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S3RD | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 1/28/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | HCLERK | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | HCLERK | |
| 1/28/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/29/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTGOC | |
| 2/2/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTGOC | 9 0 1 |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTGOC | |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTGOC | |
| 2/2/2009 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ enacting clause struck | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |