| 12/01/02 | Prefiled | |
| 01/08/03 | S First Read | S33 |
| 01/13/03 | Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil & | S68 |
| | Criminal Jurisprudence Committee | |
| 01/22/03 | Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal | |
| | Jurisprudence Committee | |
| 01/27/03 | Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal | |
| | Jurisprudence Committee | |
| 01/30/03 | Reported From S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal | S157 |
| | Jurisprudence Committee to Floor | |
| 02/13/03 | Bill Placed on Informal Calendar | S222 |
| 02/25/03 | SS S offered (Kinder) (0300S.05F) | S306 |
| 02/25/03 | SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Jacob) | S306-307 |
| 02/25/03 | SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Dougherty) | S307 |
| 02/25/03 | SA 3 to SS S offered & ruled out of order (Bland) | S307-308 |
| 02/25/03 | SS S adopted | S308 |
| 02/25/03 | Perfected | S308-309 |
| 02/26/03 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S325 |
| 02/27/03 | S Third Read and Passed | S343 |
| 02/27/03 | H First Read | H498 |
| 03/03/03 | H Second Read | H506 |
| 04/01/03 | Referred H Judiciary Committee | H872 |
| 04/16/03 | Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee | |
| 04/22/03 | Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee | |
| 04/24/03 | Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee | H1301 |
| 05/14/03 | H Third Read and Passed | H1902-1903 |
| 05/14/03 | Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed | S1554 |
| 05/21/03 | Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee | S1708 |
| 05/21/03 | Signed by Senate President | S1709 |
| 05/21/03 | Signed by House Speaker | H2195 |
| 05/21/03 | Delivered to Governor | S1709 |
| 07/09/03 | Vetoed by Governor | |
| 09/11/03 | Motion to override Governor's veto withrawn (Kinder) | |
| 09/11/03 | S adopts motion to override Governor's veto (Kinder) | |
| 09/12/03 | H adopts motion to override Governor's veto | |
