| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/30/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/30/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/16/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTEDU | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/17/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 3 0 4 |
| 2/17/2012 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/17/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTEDU | |
| 2/17/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SSTEDU | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTEDU | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted | SSTEDU | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 22 2 5 |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 17 7 5 |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/24/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 3/1/2012 | House Comm - Returned to Rules | HSTEDU | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2012 | House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2012 | House/ 2nd reading/ suspension | H3RDSB | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ circled | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ uncircled | H3RDSB | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 51 20 4 |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/8/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/14/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/14/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/16/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |