| 12/01/97 | Prefiled | |
| 01/07/98 | S First Read | S22 |
| 01/12/98 | Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee | S52 |
| 01/21/98 | Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| | Committee | |
| 01/28/98 | Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Comm. | |
| 03/12/98 | Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence | S404 |
| | Committee to Floor | |
| 04/09/98 | SS S offered (Caskey) (S2491.03S) | S595-596 |
| 04/09/98 | SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Schneider) | S596 |
| 04/09/98 | SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Staples) | S596-598 |
| 04/09/98 | SS, as amended, S adopted | S598 |
| 04/09/98 | Perfected | S598 |
| 04/14/98 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S622 |
| 04/21/98 | S Third Read and Passed | S692-693 |
| 04/21/98 | H First Read | H1194 |
| 04/22/98 | H Second Read | H1202 |
| 04/22/98 | Referred H Correctional & State Institutions Com. | H1219 |
| 04/28/98 | Hearing Cancelled H Correctional & State Institutions | |
| | Committee | |
| 04/29/98 | Hearing Conducted H Correctional & State Institutions | |
| | Committee | |
| 04/30/98 | HCS Voted Do Pass H Correctional & State Institutions | |
| | Committee | |
| 04/30/98 | HCS Reported Do Pass H Correctional & State | H1390 |
| | Institutions Committee | |
| 05/15/98 | HCS H defeated | H2023 |
| 05/15/98 | H Third Read and Passed | H2023-2024 |
| 05/15/98 | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | S1537 |
| 05/21/98 | Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee | S1540 |
| 05/21/98 | Signed by Senate President | S1541 |
| 05/28/98 | Signed by House Speaker | H2131 |
| 05/28/98 | Delivered to Governor | S1544 |
| 06/18/98 | Signed by Governor | |
