| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/23/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 1/24/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTRUL | |
| 1/28/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 1/30/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 7 0 0 |
| 2/2/2009 | Senate/ committee report favorable | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 29 0 0 |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | SPRES | 26 0 3 |
| 2/5/2009 | Senate/ signed by President sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/5/2009 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/6/2009 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 2/6/2009 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 2/9/2009 | Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor | ELTGOV |