| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/13/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/13/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/13/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/16/2009 | 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 | SSTGOP | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 5 0 2 |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTGOP | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ placed on Consent Cal | SCON | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | SCON | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | SCON | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 23 0 6 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/3/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 2/9/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTNAE | 10 0 4 |
| 2/9/2009 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTNAE | |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ comm rpt fav/ placed on Consent Cal | HSTNAE | |
| 2/9/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HCON | |
| 2/12/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | HCON | |
| 2/12/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 71 0 4 |
| 2/12/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/13/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/13/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/16/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 2/17/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/17/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor | ELTGOV |