| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/20/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2011 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2011 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/11/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | LRGC | |
| 1/12/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Printing | HCLERK | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 1/24/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTNAE | 11 0 3 |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTNAE | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ circled | H3RDHB | |
| 2/3/2012 | House/ uncircled | H3RDHB | Voice Vote |
| 2/3/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 68 4 3 |
| 2/3/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 8 0 0 |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTBUS | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 27 0 2 |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 27 0 2 |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/16/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/16/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/16/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/17/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/13/2012 | House/ enrolled bill to Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/14/2012 | House/ received enrolled bill from Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/14/2012 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |