| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/2/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTBUS | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 6 0 2 |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 2/6/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTBUS | |
| 2/6/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SSTBUS | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTBUS | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTBUS | 7 0 1 |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTBUS | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | SSTBUS | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | SCON | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | SCON | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 23 0 6 |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/14/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/16/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTWED | |
| 2/22/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTWED | 5 0 2 |
| 2/22/2012 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTWED | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | HSTWED | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | HCON | |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | HCON | |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 73 0 2 |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/24/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/27/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/13/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/15/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |