| 02/03/97 | S First Read | S153 |
| 02/10/97 | Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Com. | S187 |
| 02/20/97 | Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations Com. | |
| 02/20/97 | Voted Do Pass S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee | |
| 02/24/97 | Reported From S Labor & Industrial Rel. Com. to Floor | S281 |
| 03/03/97 | SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Westfall) | S329 |
| 03/03/97 | SA 2 S offered & defeated (Lybyer) | S329 |
| 03/03/97 | SA 3 S offered & defeated (Schneider) | S329 |
| 03/03/97 | Perfected | S329 |
| 03/04/97 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S351 |
| 03/05/97 | S Third Read and Passed | S361 |
| 03/05/97 | H First Read | H531 |
| 03/06/97 | H Second Read | H542 |
| 03/26/97 | Referred H Utilities Regulation Committee | H774 |
| 04/03/97 | Hearing Conducted H Utilities Regulation Committee | |
| 04/17/97 | Voted Do Pass H Utilities Regulation Committee | |
| 04/23/97 | Reported Do Pass H Utilities Regulations Committee | H1326 |
| 04/28/97 | H Third Read and Passed | H1359 |
| 04/28/97 | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | S888 |
| 05/20/97 | Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee | S1633 |
| 05/20/97 | Signed by Senate President | S1634 |
| 05/22/97 | Signed by House Speaker | H2445 |
| 05/22/97 | Delivered to Governor | S1636 |
| 07/01/97 | Signed by Governor | |