---
type: "Bill"
title: "state holiday; Native American day"
description: "state holiday; Native American day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "Arizona SB 1235 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 1", "NATIVE AMERICAN DAY", "STATE HOLIDAY", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamescita Peshlakai"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46efabbc-962d-438c-9c8f-69ae07bf3b12"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70333?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "35cc20095266f08b0c632f4cdb0459d916b2d9449cdbc331e6c519078b56aa65"
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 1235 (53rd-2nd-regular) — state holiday; Native American day

## 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/0148.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1235P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1235S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jamescita Peshlakai — primary (person)
- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
- Athena Salman — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Descheenie — cosponsor (person)
- Isela Blanc — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Macario Saldate — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Olivia Cajero Bedford — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-02** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-26** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-18** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-14** transmit to house
- **2018-04-02** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-03** 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/46efabbc-962d-438c-9c8f-69ae07bf3b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).