| Date | Action | Location | Vote |
| 2/2/2009 | Bill Numbered but not Distributed | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2009 | Numbered Bill Made Available for Public Distributi | LRGC | |
| 2/2/2009 | LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis | LRGC | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ received from Legislative Research | SINTRO | |
| 2/3/2009 | LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input | SINTRO | |
| 2/3/2009 | Senate/ read 1st (Introduced) | SSTRUL | |
| 2/4/2009 | Senate/ to standing committee | SSTGOP | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/6/2009 | LFA/ fiscal note sent to floor | SSTGOP | |
| 2/6/2009 | Senate/ to Printing with fiscal note | SSTGOP | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | SSTGOP | |
| 2/11/2009 | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | SSTGOP | 6 0 1 |
| 2/12/2009 | Senate/ comm report/ amended | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ read 2nd | S2ND | |
| 2/26/2009 | Senate/ pass 2nd | S3RD | 26 0 3 |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ read 3rd | S3RD | |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ pass 3rd | HCLERK | 28 0 1 |
| 2/27/2009 | Senate/ to House with amendments | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ received from Senate | HCLERK | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ read 1st time (Introduced) | HSTRUL | |
| 2/27/2009 | House/ to standing committee | HSTJUD | |
| 3/3/2009 | House Comm - Not Considered | HSTJUD | |
| 3/4/2009 | House Comm - Returned to Rules | HSTJUD | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ comm report/ sent to Rules Committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/5/2009 | House/ read 2nd time | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ lift bill from committee | HSTRUL | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ read 2nd time (Under Suspension) | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ read 3rd time | H3RDSB | |
| 3/12/2009 | House/ substituted | HSUB |