| 01/19/98 | S First Read | S75 |
| 01/27/98 | Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee | S110 |
| 02/02/98 | Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee | |
| 02/02/98 | SCS Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee | |
| 02/10/98 | Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to | S179 |
| | Floor w/SCS | |
| 02/18/98 | Placed on Informal Calendar | S242 |
| 03/23/98 | SS for SCS S offered (Banks) (S2566.07S) | S421 |
| 03/23/98 | SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Singleton) | S421-422 |
| 03/23/98 | SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Caskey) | S422 |
| 03/23/98 | SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Rohrbach) | S422 |
| 03/23/98 | SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Sims) | S422 |
| 03/23/98 | SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Caskey) | S422 |
| 03/23/98 | SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted | S422 |
| 03/23/98 | Perfected | S422 |
| 03/24/98 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S444 |
| 03/25/98 | S Third Read and Passed | S460-461 |
| 03/25/98 | H First Read | H705 |
| 03/26/98 | H Second Read | H715 |
| 03/31/98 | Referred H Critical Issues Committee | H818 |
| 04/06/98 | Hearing Conducted H Critical Issues Committee | |
| 04/23/98 | HCS Voted Do Pass H Critical Issues Committee | |
| 04/23/98 | HCS Reported Do Pass H Critical Issues Committee | H1276 |
| 05/15/98 | HCS H defeated | H2102 |
| 05/15/98 | H Third Read and Passed | H2102-2103 |
| 05/15/98 | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | S1538 |
| 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 |
| 06/23/98 | Signed by Governor | |
