| 02/10/97 | S First Read | S178 |
| 02/17/97 | Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee | S223 |
| 02/19/97 | Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisp. Committee | |
| 02/26/97 | Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisp. Committee | |
| 02/27/97 | Reported From S Civil & Crim. Jurisprudence Com. to Floor | S317 |
| 03/17/97 | SS S offered & adopted (Caskey) | S398 |
| 03/17/97 | Perfected | S398 |
| 03/18/97 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S434 |
| 03/18/97 | Referred S Budget Control Committee | S434 |
| 03/20/97 | Hearing Conducted S Budget Control Committee | |
| 03/20/97 | Committee Vote Taken-Failed S Budget Control Committee | |
| 03/27/97 | Voted Do Pass S Budget Control Committee | |
| 03/27/97 | Reported From S Budget Control Committee to Floor | S531 |
| 03/27/97 | S Third Read and Passed | S531 |
| 03/27/97 | H First Read | H815 |
| 04/01/97 | H Second Read | H823 |
| 04/09/97 | Referred H Correctional & State Institutions Committee | H999 |
| 04/15/97 | Hearing Conducted H Correctional & State Inst. Committee | |
| 04/17/97 | Voted Do Pass H Correctional & State Inst. Committee | |
| 04/22/97 | Reported Do Pass H Correctional & State Inst. Committee | H1285 |
| 04/24/97 | Referred H Budget-Fiscal Committee | H1340 |
| 04/30/97 | Hearing Conducted H Budget-Fiscal Commmittee | |
| 05/01/97 | Voted Do Pass H Budget-Fiscal Committee | |
| 05/01/97 | Reported Do Pass H Budget-Fiscal Committee | H1480 |
| 05/01/97 | HS H offered (Crump) | H1499 |
| 05/01/97 | HA 1 to HS H offered & adopted (Crump) | H1499 |
| 05/01/97 | HA 2 to HS H offered & adopted (Lograsso) | H1499 |
| 05/01/97 | HS, as amended, H adopted | H1500 |
| 05/01/97 | H Third Read and Passed | H1500 |
| 05/07/97 | S Concurred in HS, as amended | S1082 |
| 05/07/97 | S Third Read and Passed | S1082 |
| 05/07/97 | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | H1668 |
| 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 |
| 07/07/97 | Signed by Governor | |