| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/20/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2011 | 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 | HSTEDU | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTEDU | |
| 1/31/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 1/31/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 12 0 3 |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | HSTEDU | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/10/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | H3RDHB | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ substituted | H3RDHB | Voice Vote |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 72 0 3 |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/15/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/15/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SSTEDU | |
| 2/16/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTEDU | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate Comm - Returned to Rules | SSTEDU | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules | SSTRUL | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ lifted from Rules | SSTRUL | |
| 3/7/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ substituted | SSUB | Voice Vote |