| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/1/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/1/2012 | 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 | |
| 2/3/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | HSTRUL | |
| 2/3/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | HSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTPOL | |
| 2/9/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPOL | 7 3 2 |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTPOL | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDHB | |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ failed | HCLERK | 32 38 5 |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ filed | HFILE | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ motion to reconsider | HCLERK | Voice Vote |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 44 30 1 |
| 2/23/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SINTRO | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 4 2 0 |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTGOP | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 18 0 11 |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | SPRES | 21 6 2 |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/2/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/2/2012 | Bill Received from House for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/5/2012 | 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 |