| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/26/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTTPT | |
| 1/30/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTTPT | |
| 1/30/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SSTTPT | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTTPT | 4 0 1 |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTTPT | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | SSTTPT | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | SCON | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | SCON | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/6/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/7/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTPUT | |
| 2/9/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTPUT | |
| 2/9/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTPUT | 7 0 4 |
| 2/9/2012 | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | HSTPUT | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ amended/ placed on Consent Cal | HSTPUT | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | HCON | |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | HCON | |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 71 0 4 |
| 2/13/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/14/2012 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | HSPKR | 25 0 4 |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/15/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/16/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/17/2012 | 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 |