| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/16/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 1/27/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 5 0 2 |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/6/2009 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/6/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 11 0 4 |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ comm report favorable/ amended | HSTEDU | |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 73 0 2 |
| 2/11/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate/ concurs with House amendments | HSPKR | 26 0 3 |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/13/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/17/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/18/2009 | 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 |