---
type: "Bill"
title: "tax exemption; special events; nonprofits"
description: "tax exemption; special events; nonprofits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1120"
citation: "Arizona SB 1120 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NONPROFITS", "SPECIAL EVENTS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION - TITLE 42", "TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX", "USE TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b05f11-454a-4c76-858d-38e812d218e2"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69936?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "e9ba819e6f830b35fd693d6bfe64e98e240943a973a7413dd59d7be31c8ef5f1"
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 1120 (53rd-2nd-regular) — tax exemption; special events; nonprofits

## 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/0249.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1120P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1120S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-02** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-11** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-21** transmit to house
- **2018-04-11** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-12** 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/91b05f11-454a-4c76-858d-38e812d218e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).