| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/14/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/14/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/14/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/24/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | LRGC | |
| 1/24/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | LRGC | |
| 1/24/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 4 0 3 |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 23 0 6 |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 26 0 3 |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/5/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/5/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 11 0 4 |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ comm rpt fav/ placed on Consent Cal | HSTEDU | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HCON | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | HCON | |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 65 0 10 |
| 2/19/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/19/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/19/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/23/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/18/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/18/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/19/2009 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/20/2009 | Governor Signed | ELTGOV |