| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/20/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | HCLERK | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/25/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTWED | |
| 2/1/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTWED | |
| 2/1/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTWED | 4 0 3 |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | HSTWED | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 71 0 4 |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 7 0 1 |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTBUS | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/28/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | S2ND | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ to Printing with fiscal note | S2ND | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ substituted | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 23 2 4 |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 26 0 3 |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | SPRES | 68 0 7 |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/2/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/5/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/15/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/15/2012 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/15/2012 | House/ received enrolled bill from Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/15/2012 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/19/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |