| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/2/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 2/4/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTJLC | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTJLC | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 4 0 3 |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/20/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | S2ND | |
| 2/20/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 25 0 4 |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 24 0 5 |
| 2/25/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/25/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/25/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/26/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 3/3/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTJUD | 10 0 3 |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTJUD | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTJUD | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ enacting clause struck | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |