| Date | Chamber | Action |
2/21/2013 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Smiddy | 2/21/2013 | House | First Reading | 2/21/2013 | House | Referred to Rules Committee | 3/4/2013 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee | 3/13/2013 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 012-008-000 | 3/14/2013 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate | 3/15/2013 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate | 3/15/2013 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate | 4/10/2013 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia | 4/10/2013 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham | 4/10/2013 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. | 4/10/2013 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 | 4/11/2013 | Senate | Arrive in Senate | 4/11/2013 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading | 4/11/2013 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt | 4/11/2013 | Senate | First Reading | 4/11/2013 | Senate | Referred to Assignments | 4/23/2013 | Senate | Assigned to Labor and Commerce | 4/25/2013 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein | 5/1/2013 | Senate | Do Pass Labor and Commerce; 014-000-000 | 5/1/2013 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013 | 5/7/2013 | Senate | Second Reading | 5/7/2013 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013 | 5/14/2013 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter | 5/14/2013 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter | 5/14/2013 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 | 5/14/2013 | House | Passed Both Houses | 6/12/2013 | House | Sent to the Governor | 8/5/2013 | House | Governor Approved | 8/5/2013 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2014 | 8/5/2013 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0173 |