| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/31/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTRUL | |
| 2/2/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTWED | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate Comm - Not Considered | SSTWED | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTWED | 6 0 1 |
| 2/15/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTWED | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTWED | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | S2ND | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ substituted | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 27 0 2 |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/22/2012 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar | HSTRUL | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ 2nd reading/ suspension | H3RDSB | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | HSPKR | 67 0 8 |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/28/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/28/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/29/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/1/2012 | Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/1/2012 | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing | SSEC | |
| 3/2/2012 | Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor | LTGOV |