---
type: "Bill"
title: "veterans; increased income tax subtraction"
description: "veterans; increased income tax subtraction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1167"
citation: "Arizona SB 1167 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX SUBTRACTION", "MILITARY", "PENSIONS", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d590d27d-4df7-47cc-8260-a04503d52730"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70222?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "6c8dd6d4fc92a70b40b7feade964c9f7ee9c3a9c2ae1a9453a56a082103a1647"
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 1167 (53rd-2nd-regular) — veterans; increased income tax subtraction

## 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/0332.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1167H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1167P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1167S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **52–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **15–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **18–11** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)
- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2018-01-17** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** transmit to house
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** transmit to senate
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16** 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/d590d27d-4df7-47cc-8260-a04503d52730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).