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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "lieutenant governor; duties; ballot"
+description: "lieutenant governor; duties; ballot"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1255"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1255 (55th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-01-20"
+last_action: "2022-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d183c2b7-9be1-4090-ac3f-6a912d92a855"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77146?SessionId=125"
+source_hash: "ce181e39b1fa14374e53959a08a0cca6b9ca6b16280ebe9ac28c3facc8424fe1"
+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 1255 (55th-2nd-regular) — lieutenant governor; duties; ballot
+
+## 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/2r/laws/0349.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/500200)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255h.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255p.pdf)
+5. **SENATE - Bowie flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1255bowie0316.pdf)
+6. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1255mesnard1244.pdf)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **21–5** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **43–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)
+- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-03** Transmit to House
+- **2022-03-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Senate
+- **2022-06-25** PASSED `passage`
+- **2022-06-25** PASSED `passage`
+- **2022-06-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-06** 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/d183c2b7-9be1-4090-ac3f-6a912d92a855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+