| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/15/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/15/2009 | 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 | Senate Comm - Not Considered | SSTJLC | |
| 1/27/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTJLC | |
| 1/28/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTJLC | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTJLC | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTJLC | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 5 0 2 |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 2/20/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 11 0 2 |
| 2/23/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTJUD | |
| 2/23/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTJUD | |
| 2/23/2009 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ lift bill from committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 65 1 9 |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/11/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/11/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2009 | 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 |