| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 11/6/2008 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTJLC | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTJLC | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTJLC | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Not Considered | SSTJLC | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate Comm - Held | SSTJLC | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 5 0 1 |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended/ placed on Consent | SCON | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | SCON | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | SCON | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/3/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ Rules Committee to 3rd Reading Calendar | H3RDSB | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 71 0 4 |
| 3/4/2009 | 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 | |
| 3/6/2009 | Bill Returned to Senate for Further Action | SSEC | |
| 3/6/2009 | Senate/ recalled by Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/9/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 3/9/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/9/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/10/2009 | House/ place back on 3rd Reading Cal | H3RDSB | |
| 3/10/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 67 0 8 |
| 3/10/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/10/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/11/2009 | Bill Returned to Senate for Further Action | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ recalled by Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ motion to reconsider passed | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 23 0 6 |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ to House with corrections | HCLERK | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ motion to reconsider | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ motion to reconsider/ passed | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 71 0 4 |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/17/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/20/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/20/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/23/2009 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/25/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |