---
type: "Bill"
title: "DES; ownership; land; building"
description: "DES; ownership; land; building"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "Arizona SB 1079 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY", "GOVERNMENT BUILDING", "LAND", "OWNERSHIP INTERESTS", "REPEAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349fea59-bd10-456d-9f1f-13139c1e2840"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68681?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "d08c0ccbffabd6427599bf07b4f277a25b819049ad84245b519ad9e2b084e6d2"
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 1079 (53rd-1st-regular) — DES; ownership; land; building

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0129.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1079P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1079S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-18** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-17** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-31** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-02** transmit to house
- **2017-03-23** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-27** 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/349fea59-bd10-456d-9f1f-13139c1e2840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).