| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/23/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/24/2012 | House/ received bill from Legislative Research | HCLERK | |
| 1/24/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | HSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTBUS | |
| 1/31/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTBUS | 11 0 3 |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTBUS | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 69 0 6 |
| 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 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 5 0 1 |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTGOP | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ strike enacting clause | HCLERK | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ filed | HFILE |