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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019"
+description: "criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1523"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1523 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BUDGET BILLS", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "COUNTY SHERIFF", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY", "EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS", "GIITEM FUND", "INCARCERATION CONTRACT REDUCTION", "JUDGES", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS - TITLE 31", "SALARIES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-04-30"
+last_action: "2018-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b928f719-fba8-486f-9f0e-719c49e7498c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70938?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "b0f44efd3e7ff9f131b79d2d54ee1aac873054bd9a127e385e01e9dd5742b3d9"
+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 1523 (53rd-2nd-regular) — criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019
+
+## 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/0278.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1523P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1523S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **36–23** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
+- Steve Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-05-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-05-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** transmit to house
+- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
+- **2018-05-03** 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/b928f719-fba8-486f-9f0e-719c49e7498c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+