| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 12/20/2011 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2011 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 12/20/2011 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 1/12/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | LRGC | |
| 1/13/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | 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 | SSTGOP | |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 6 0 0 |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTGOP | |
| 1/25/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 24 0 5 |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | HCLERK | 27 0 2 |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 1/27/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 1/30/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 1/30/2012 | House/ to standing committee | HSTEDU | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | HSTEDU | |
| 1/31/2012 | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | HSTEDU | |
| 2/1/2012 | House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended | HSUB |