| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/27/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTWED | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTWED | 5 0 2 |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | SSTWED | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar | SSTWED | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | SCON | |
| 2/29/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SCON | |
| 3/1/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SCON | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SCON | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | SCON | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 21 0 8 |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar | HSTRUL | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ 2nd reading/ suspension | H3RDSB | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ floor amendment | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 70 0 5 |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | HSPKR | 25 1 3 |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/9/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 3/14/2012 | 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 | |
| 3/16/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/16/2012 | Senate/ to Governor | EGOV | |
| 3/22/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |