| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/10/2016 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 2/10/2016 | House | First Reading |
| 2/10/2016 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/2/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares |
| 3/2/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto |
| 3/23/2016 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee |
| 4/7/2016 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 4/7/2016 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/8/2016 | House | Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016 |
| 4/12/2016 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 4/12/2016 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 4/12/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 4/12/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo |
| 4/13/2016 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Human Services Committee |
| 4/13/2016 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Appropriations-Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 4/13/2016 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 015-002-000 |
| 4/13/2016 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/13/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/14/2016 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser |
| 4/15/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 4/19/2016 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-038-000 |
| 4/19/2016 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 4/19/2016 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 4/19/2016 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/19/2016 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2016 |
| 4/19/2016 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 4/20/2016 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/20/2016 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/21/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 4/21/2016 | Senate | Sponsor Removed Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 4/27/2016 | Senate | Assigned to Human Services |
| 4/28/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado |
| 5/3/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 5/3/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 5/3/2016 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 044-012-000 |
| 5/4/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/4/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/4/2016 | Senate | Do Pass Human Services; 006-001-000 |
| 5/4/2016 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016 |
| 5/5/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe |
| 5/10/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/10/2016 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/10/2016 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016 |
| 5/10/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/12/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 5/12/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 5/12/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter |
| 5/12/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein |
| 5/18/2016 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans |
| 5/18/2016 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 044-012-000 |
| 5/18/2016 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 6/14/2016 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 6/30/2016 | House | Governor Approved |
| 6/30/2016 | House | Effective Date June 30, 2016 |
| 6/30/2016 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0518 |