| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/25/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/25/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | HCLERK | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTRUL | |
| 1/31/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTTRA | |
| 2/1/2012 | House Comm - Held | HSTTRA | 9 0 5 |
| 2/3/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | HSTTRA | |
| 2/3/2012 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTTRA | |
| 2/3/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTTRA | 11 0 3 |
| 2/3/2012 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTTRA | |
| 2/3/2012 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | HSTTRA | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar | HSTTRA | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | HCON | |
| 2/7/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HCON | |
| 2/7/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | HCON | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HCON | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | HCON | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 69 0 6 |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 25 0 4 |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 27 0 2 |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/7/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/8/2012 | 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 |