| 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 | |
| 1/13/2012 | 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 | HSTEDU | |
| 2/2/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/2/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 12 0 3 |
| 2/3/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | HSTEDU | |
| 2/3/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 68 0 7 |
| 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 | SSTEDU | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate Comm - Held | SSTEDU | 6 0 1 |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 5 0 2 |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTEDU | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 22 0 7 |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S3RD | 15 12 2 |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 25 1 3 |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | HCURCAL | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | SSEC | Voice Vote |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | SSEC | Voice Vote |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate Conference Committee Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ to House | CONCOM | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ received from Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/5/2012 | House Conference Committee Appointed | CONCOM | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ to Senate | CONCOM | |
| 3/6/2012 | Bill Substituted by Conference Committee | SSUB |