| 12/11/12 | House | Prefiled |
| 12/11/12 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 01/08/13 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 43) |
| 01/08/13 | House | Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 43) |
| 01/23/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Williams |
| 02/20/13 | House | Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 34) |
| 02/27/13 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 14) |
| 02/27/13 | House | Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 14) |
| 02/28/13 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 37) |
| 02/28/13 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 02/28/13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 03/15/13 | Senate | Referred to Subcommittee: Shealy (ch), Allen, Johnson |
| 04/17/13 | Senate | Polled out of committee Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 15) |
| 04/17/13 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 15) |
| 04/18/13 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 21) |
| 04/18/13 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 21) |
| 04/23/13 | Senate | Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 26) |
| 05/02/13 | Ratified R 31 | |
| 05/03/13 | Signed By Governor | |
| 05/13/13 | Effective date 05/03/13 | |
| 05/13/13 | Act No. 21 |