| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/3/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/3/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/3/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 6 0 1 |
| 2/12/2009 | 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 | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 28 0 1 |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HSTJUD | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTGOC | |
| 3/4/2009 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTGOC | 9 0 1 |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTGOC | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTGOC | |
| 3/4/2009 | House/ return to Rules Comm due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ lift bill from committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/11/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ circled | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ uncircled | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 72 0 3 |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ signed by Speaker sent to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/12/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/12/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/17/2009 | 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 Lieutenant Governor | ELTGOV |