| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/30/2008 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/5/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 7 0 0 |
| 1/27/2009 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTBUS | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTBUS | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted | SSUB | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/28/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S2ND | |
| 1/28/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | S2ND | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 28 0 1 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 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/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTBUS | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTBUS | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTBUS | 9 0 5 |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | H3RDSB | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 69 0 6 |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | HSPKR | 26 0 3 |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ signed by Speake/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/20/2009 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/20/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/23/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/24/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/24/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/24/2009 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/30/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |