| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/13/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/19/2011 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/19/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SINTRO | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 26 1 2 |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 1/25/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/26/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTNAE | |
| 1/30/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | HSTNAE | |
| 1/30/2012 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTNAE | |
| 1/30/2012 | House Comm - Held | HSTNAE | 10 3 1 |
| 1/30/2012 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | HSTNAE | |
| 2/1/2012 | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | HSTNAE | |
| 2/1/2012 | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | HSTNAE | 10 2 2 |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended | HSTNAE | |
| 2/2/2012 | House/ 2nd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/2/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | H3RDSB | |
| 2/3/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | H3RDSB | |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | H3RDSB | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ 3rd reading | H3RDSB | |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 48 24 3 |
| 2/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar | SCURCAL | |
| 2/10/2012 | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | HSPKR | 29 0 0 |
| 2/10/2012 | Senate/ to House | HSPKR | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HSPKR | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/10/2012 | House/ to Senate | SPRES | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SPRES | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/13/2012 | Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling | LRGCEN | |
| 2/13/2012 | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | LRGCEN | |
| 3/13/2012 | 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 | |
| 3/15/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |