| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/29/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/5/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 7 0 0 |
| 1/27/2009 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ substitute/ amended | SSUB | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ placed on 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 27 0 2 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTBUS | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTBUS | 11 0 3 |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTBUS | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTBUS | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ Rules Committee to 3rd Reading Calendar | H3RDSB | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 72 0 3 |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/5/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/5/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/9/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/20/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |