| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/13/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/19/2011 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | HCLERK | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTLAW | |
| 1/24/2012 | House Comm - Not Considered | HSTLAW | |
| 1/26/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTLAW | 12 0 1 |
| 1/26/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | HSTLAW | |
| 1/27/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTLAW | |
| 1/27/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | H3RDHB | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | H3RDHB | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ circled | H3RDHB | Voice Vote |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ uncircled | H3RDHB | |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 71 0 4 |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 4 0 3 |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTJLC | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/29/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 19 6 4 |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 23 5 1 |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | SSEC | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate Conference Committee Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House Conference Committee Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | Bill Substituted by Conference Committee | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | CONCOM | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage | CONCOM | 23 3 3 |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House Conference Committee - Final Passage | CONCOM | 74 0 1 |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ motion to reconsider | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ motion to reconsider passed | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | CONCOM | |
| 3/8/2012 | House Conference Committee - Final Passage | SPRES | 69 1 5 |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/9/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/9/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/9/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/14/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/16/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ received enrolled bill from Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/16/2012 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/22/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |