| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 1/20/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 1/20/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 1/23/2012 | 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/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTGOP | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ lifted from standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTREV | |
| 1/26/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SSTREV | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTREV | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | SSTREV | |
| 1/26/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTREV | 5 0 2 |
| 1/26/2012 | Bill Substituted by Standing Committee | SSTREV | |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted | SSTREV | |
| 1/27/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ 2nd reading | S2ND | |
| 1/30/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ circled | S2ND | Voice Vote |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S2ND | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ floor amendment | S2ND | |
| 1/31/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | S3RD | 24 3 2 |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ 3rd reading | S3RD | |
| 2/1/2012 | Senate/ circled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ uncircled | S3RD | Voice Vote |
| 2/3/2012 | Senate/ substituted | SSUB | Voice Vote |