| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/23/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTRUL | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 4 0 3 |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 27 0 2 |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 25 0 4 |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/10/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTLAW | |
| 2/18/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTLAW | 7 0 5 |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTLAW | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 66 0 9 |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent 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 | |
| 3/19/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/19/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/19/2009 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/24/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |