---
type: "Bill"
title: "schools; elections; ballot arguments; exclusion"
description: "schools; elections; ballot arguments; exclusion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1405"
citation: "Arizona SB 1405 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOT ARGUMENTS", "ELECTIONS", "EXCLUSION", "GOVERNING BOARD", "SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS", "SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Lesko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504f197a-26b8-4f4c-ab91-76092d6002a5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69244?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "01358a04ef082a0afbc32abf1a59ac641bcab791be2942c32c2f6cbc6802e54a"
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 1405 (53rd-1st-regular) — schools; elections; ballot arguments; exclusion

## 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/0246.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1405P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1405S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Debbie Lesko — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to house
- **2017-04-25** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-26** 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/504f197a-26b8-4f4c-ab91-76092d6002a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).