| 12/11/12 | House | Prefiled |
| 12/11/12 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 01/08/13 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 55) |
| 01/08/13 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 55) |
| 01/09/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam |
| 01/23/13 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary (House Journal-page 6) |
| 01/23/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kennedy |
| 01/29/13 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 20) |
| 01/29/13 | House | Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 21) |
| 01/29/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Toole, Branham, Rutherford, King, Cobb-Hunter |
| 01/30/13 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 34) |
| 01/31/13 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 01/31/13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 7) |