| 01/21/97 | S First Read | S105 |
| 01/29/97 | Referred S Judiciary Committee | S138 |
| 02/12/97 | Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee | |
| 02/12/97 | Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee | |
| 02/27/97 | Reported From S Judiciary Committee to Floor | S322 |
| 04/03/97 | SS S offered (Kinder) | S578 |
| 04/07/97 | SA 1 to SS S offered (Clay) | S585 |
| 04/07/97 | SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Jacob) | S585 |
| 04/07/97 | SA 1 to SS S defeated | S586 |
| 04/07/97 | SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Jacob) | S586 |
| 04/07/97 | SS adopted | S587 |
| 04/07/97 | Perfected | S587 |
| 04/08/97 | Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee | S624 |
| 04/17/97 | S Third Read and Passed | S741 |
| 04/17/97 | H First Read | H1178 |
| 04/18/97 | H Second Read | H1185 |
| 04/24/97 | Referred H Criminal Law Committee | H1340 |
| 04/30/97 | Hearing Conducted H Criminal Law Committee | |
| 05/06/97 | Voted Do Pass H Criminal Law Committee | |
| 05/07/97 | Reported Do Pass H Criminal Law Committee | H1644 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 1 H offered & defeated (Graham) | H2150 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 2 H offered & defeated (Bray) | H2151 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 3 H offered & defeated (Boucher) | H2151 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 4 H offered & defeated (Fitzwater) | H2154 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 5 H offered & defeated (Hosmer) | H2155 |
| 05/14/97 | HA 6 H offered & defeated (Parker) | H2156 |
| 05/14/97 | H Third Read and Passed | H2157 |
| 05/14/97 | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | S1470 |
| 05/20/97 | Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee | S1633 |
| 05/20/97 | Signed by Senate President | S1634 |
| 05/22/97 | Signed by House Speaker | H2445 |
| 05/22/97 | Delivered to Governor | S1636 |
| 07/07/97 | Vetoed by Governor | |
| 09/10/97 | Motion to Overide Governors' Veto defeated (Kinder) | |
