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+type: "Bill"
+title: "school districts: procurement practices; auditors"
+description: "school districts: procurement practices; auditors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1256"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (54th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUDITORS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "PROCUREMENT PRACTICES", "REPEAL", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rick Gray"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8418ee-5b37-4906-83be-0e1b51fff6db"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71864?SessionId=121"
+source_hash: "945ae0f309bfbb30da4201c85d136c74cf1111c347d57ad6f6b064e4e1611f39"
+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 (54th-1st-regular) — school districts: procurement practices; auditors
+
+## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0085.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/H.1256LIEBERMAN.DOCX.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
+4. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1256ED.DOCX.htm)
+5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1256S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **45–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rick Gray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-25** house placed on consent calendar
+- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-11** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
+- **2019-04-09** transmit to senate
+- **2019-04-09** 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/dd8418ee-5b37-4906-83be-0e1b51fff6db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+