| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/10/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/10/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/10/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/19/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SINTRO | |
| 1/20/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTJLC | |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTJLC | 5 0 2 |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTJLC | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 28 0 1 |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 29 0 0 |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTLAW | |
| 2/7/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTLAW | 9 0 4 |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ committee report favorable | HSTLAW | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact | HSTRUL | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ strike enacting clause | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |