| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/19/2003 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 2/19/2003 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2/19/2003 | Senate | Referred to Rules |
| 2/26/2003 | Senate | Assigned to Executive |
| 3/13/2003 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 |
| 3/13/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003 |
| 3/21/2003 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 3/21/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003 |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. |
| 3/24/2003 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 |
| 3/25/2003 | House | Arrived in House |
| 3/25/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/25/2003 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin |
| 3/25/2003 | House | First Reading |
| 3/25/2003 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/31/2003 | House | Assigned to State Government Administration Committee |
| 4/3/2003 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin |
| 4/8/2003 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey |
| 4/8/2003 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard |
| 4/8/2003 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis |
| 4/8/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr. |
| 5/2/2003 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/8/2003 | House | Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003 |
| 5/8/2003 | House | Assigned to State Government Administration Committee |
| 5/15/2003 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 5/15/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/15/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks |
| 5/15/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington |
| 5/15/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson |
| 5/20/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles |
| 5/21/2003 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/21/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/21/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe |
| 5/22/2003 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 |
| 5/22/2003 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/22/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider |
| 5/22/2003 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich |
| 6/20/2003 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/19/2003 | Senate | Governor Approved |
| 8/19/2003 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2004 |
| 8/19/2003 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0550 |