---
type: "Bill"
title: "county recorder; recording fees"
description: "county recorder; recording fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1043"
citation: "Arizona SB 1043 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "COUNTY RECORDER", "MINERALS", "OIL AND GAS - TITLE 27", "RECORDING FEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1e5c50-ffbe-4398-bf08-f006accb99b7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69707?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "9fc69f73d93e0f26e5e4524e807ec3f72a8f9205c6605edae9ce2da9429246f3"
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 1043 (53rd-2nd-regular) — county recorder; recording fees

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0143.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1043H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1043P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1043S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-01-09** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** transmit to house
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-08** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** transmit to senate
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-02** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-02** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-05** 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/8e1e5c50-ffbe-4398-bf08-f006accb99b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).