| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/19/2011 | 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/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTREV | |
| 2/7/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTREV | 4 1 2 |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTREV | |
| 2/8/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/13/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/15/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 26 1 2 |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/16/2012 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 24 0 5 |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/22/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTREV | |
| 2/24/2012 | House Comm - Not Considered | HSTREV | |
| 2/29/2012 | House Comm - Returned to Rules | HSTREV | |
| 3/1/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules | HSTRUL | |
| 3/5/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | HSTRUL | |
| 3/6/2012 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | 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/ substituted | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ circled | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ uncircled | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ floor amendment | H3RDSB | Voice Vote |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ passed 3rd reading | SSEC | 67 2 6 |
| 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 | 27 1 1 |
| 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 | |
| 3/8/2012 | 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 | |
| 3/16/2012 | 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 | |
| 3/27/2012 | Governor Signed | LTGOV |