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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "government communications; emergency response interpreters"
+description: "government communications; emergency response interpreters"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1296"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1296 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "DISABILITIES", "EMERGENCY RESPONSE INTERPRETERS", "GOVERNMENT", "GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sean Bowie"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-23"
+last_action: "2018-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f52d9dcf-b2c9-438a-a28c-0fdc1fc4f241"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70420?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "e842181f84c81969809601e279c8ca86b480dbb104876921fee216a2150c9171"
+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 1296 (53rd-2nd-regular) — government communications; emergency response interpreters
+
+## 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/0339.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1296P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1296S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **58–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sean Bowie — primary (person)
+- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
+- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
+- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
+- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
+- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
+- Olivia Cajero Bedford — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-15** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-19** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-14** transmit to house
+- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
+- **2018-05-04** 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/f52d9dcf-b2c9-438a-a28c-0fdc1fc4f241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+