| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/28/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/28/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/28/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/29/2009 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTNAE | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTNAE | 5 0 1 |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTNAE | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | SCON | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ 2nd reading | SCON | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ 3rd reading | SCON | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 2/10/2009 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/10/2009 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/10/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 2/13/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTNAE | 11 0 3 |
| 2/17/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTNAE | |
| 2/17/2009 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 67 0 8 |
| 2/18/2009 | House/ signed by Speake/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/18/2009 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/18/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/20/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 2/20/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/23/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 2/24/2009 | Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor | ELTGOV |