---
type: "Bill"
title: "home inspectors"
description: "home inspectors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1045"
citation: "Arizona SB 1045 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CERTIFICATION", "DUTIES", "HOME INSPECTORS", "INSPECTORS", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "POWERS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44879dcb-cc31-4025-a78b-27e1ae8a4e8e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69709?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "3b1048d2cec11e024f313ad831b573294660e98311de6a411d5edd5a62107211"
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 1045 (53rd-2nd-regular) — home inspectors

## 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/0046.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1045P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1045S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-12-21** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-21** transmit to house
- **2018-03-19** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-20** 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/44879dcb-cc31-4025-a78b-27e1ae8a4e8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).