| Date | Chamber |  Action | 
  1/21/2009 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis |   1/23/2009 | House | First Reading |   1/23/2009 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |   2/4/2009 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich |   2/4/2009 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |   2/4/2009 | House | Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee |   2/5/2009 | House | Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie |   2/5/2009 | House | Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed |   3/10/2009 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee |   3/10/2009 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee;  by Voice Vote |   3/10/2009 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee;  005-004-000 |   3/11/2009 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate |   3/11/2009 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson |   3/11/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland |   3/17/2009 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |   3/17/2009 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |   3/25/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham |   3/25/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin |   3/25/2009 | House | Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 070-045-001 |   3/26/2009 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |   3/26/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |   3/26/2009 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks |   3/26/2009 | Senate | First Reading |   3/26/2009 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |   4/22/2009 | Senate | Assigned to Elections |   4/29/2009 | Senate | Do Pass Elections;  005-004-000 |   4/29/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009 |   5/14/2009 | Senate | Second Reading |   5/14/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009 |   5/19/2009 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |   5/19/2009 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 036-022-000 |   5/19/2009 | House | Passed Both Houses |   6/17/2009 | House | Sent to the Governor |   8/14/2009 | House | Governor Approved |   8/14/2009 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2010 |   8/14/2009 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0441 |