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+type: "Bill"
+title: "schools; early literacy"
+description: "schools; early literacy"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1572"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1572 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["2022 (H)", "ADE (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)", "ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (H)", "ASSESSMENT", "CERTIFICATE", "COMMON SCHOOLS (H)", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "DELAYED REPEAL", "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ADE)", "DYSLEXIA (H)", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (H)", "EARLY LITERACY", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (H)", "EVALUATION", "FLUENCY (H)", "K-3 READING PROGRAM", "KINDERGARTEN", "MONIES", "PLACEMENT (H)", "PROGRAM TERMINATION (H)", "PROMOTION (H)", "PUPILS (H)", "READING (H)", "READING DEFICIENCY", "RECIPROCITY (H)", "REPORT", "REQUIREMENTS (H)", "RETROACTIVITY", "REVIEW", "RULES (H)", "SCHOOL INSTRUCTION", "SCHOOLS", "SCREENING (H)", "TEACHERS (H)", "TEACHING CERTIFICATES (H)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-01"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a3295a-b65d-47a9-87aa-c2f7fb17cec4"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75693?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "0e3e9a0e338dbdff6bfeed24d959465fb84060f10bc610772d8a578161371edf"
+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 1572 (55th-1st-regular) — schools; early literacy
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0434.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - 1572FloorUDALL2_Merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490357)
+3. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.1572PAWLIK.DOCX.htm)
+4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Pawlik - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490352)
+5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1572H.htm)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1572P.htm)
+7. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1572ED.DOCX.htm)
+8. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1572FloorSHOPE.docx.htm)
+9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1572S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **26–4** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- failed to pass — **29–29** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas Shope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-28** FAILED `failure`
+- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24a3295a-b65d-47a9-87aa-c2f7fb17cec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+