| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/25/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/25/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/3/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTRUL | |
| 2/6/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTEDU | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTEDU | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 6 0 1 |
| 2/9/2012 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/9/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted | SSTEDU | |
| 2/10/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 2/21/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 2/23/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 26 1 2 |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ failed | SSEC | 11 14 4 |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |