| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | HCLERK | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/1/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/1/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | HSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 2/6/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTEDU | 11 0 4 |
| 2/6/2012 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | HSTEDU | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | HCON | |
| 2/9/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | HCON | |
| 2/9/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 67 0 8 |
| 2/9/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/10/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 4 0 3 |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | SSTEDU | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | SCON | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | SCON | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ circled | SCON | Voice Vote |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | SCON | Voice Vote |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 29 0 0 |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/17/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/17/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/17/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/22/2012 | 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 | |
| 3/13/2012 | House/ received enrolled bill from Printing | HCLERK | |
| 3/13/2012 | House/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |