Legislation: batch A — AK AL AR AZ CO CT DE GA HI IA ID

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/az/53rd-2nd-regular/sb-1256.md

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "school bus definition; vans"
+description: "school bus definition; vans"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1256"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "SCHOOL BUSES", "SCHOOL DISTRICT DUTIES", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "VANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-22"
+last_action: "2018-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c264b018-6ed3-4d67-ae57-8b3a3e9712e8"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70364?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "89399b3c9bb0475d5a3adb31bb471f2f3441a7126ee9bacb598695e6886845b0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona SB 1256 (53rd-2nd-regular) — school bus definition; vans
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/laws/0058.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1256S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
+- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-23** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-02-15** transmit to house
+- **2018-03-20** transmit to senate
+- **2018-03-21** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c264b018-6ed3-4d67-ae57-8b3a3e9712e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+