| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/4/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/5/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 26 2 1 |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ motion to reconsider | S3RD | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ substituted | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/1/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S2ND | |
| 2/1/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | S2ND | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 19 3 7 |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 23 6 0 |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 2/8/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTNAE | |
| 2/8/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTNAE | 9 1 4 |
| 2/9/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended | HSTNAE | |
| 2/9/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ floor amendment | H3RDSB | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 52 18 5 |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ circled | SCURCAL | Voice Vote |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ recalled by House | SCURCAL | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | SCURCAL | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ motion to reconsider | HCLERK | |
| 2/21/2012 | House/ placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar | H3RDSB | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ floor amendment | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 47 18 10 |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | HSPKR | 21 5 3 |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/23/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/23/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/23/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/23/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/29/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/16/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/16/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/19/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/19/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/23/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |