| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/4/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTGOP | |
| 2/9/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/9/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTGOP | |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 7 0 0 |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 21 1 7 |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 3/2/2009 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ floor amendment | S3RD | |
| 3/3/2009 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ enacting clause struck | SFILE |