| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/27/2012 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | LRGC | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/27/2012 | Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTRUL | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTEDU | |
| 2/28/2012 | LFA/ fiscal note publicly available | SSTEDU | |
| 2/28/2012 | Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst | SSTEDU | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTEDU | 3 0 4 |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ committee report favorable | SSTEDU | |
| 2/29/2012 | Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar | S2ND | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | S2ND | |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | HCLERK | 24 5 0 |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate/ to House | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 3/5/2012 | House/ 1st reading (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar | HSTRUL | |
| 3/7/2012 | House/ 2nd reading/ suspension | H3RDSB | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ strike enacting clause | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | House/ to Senate | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ received from House | SSEC | |
| 3/8/2012 | Senate/ filed | SFILE |