---
type: "Bill"
title: "campaign finance violations; appeals"
description: "campaign finance violations; appeals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1249"
citation: "Arizona SB 1249 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPEALS", "CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS", "CAMPAIGN EXPENSES", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "VIOLATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Burges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27781662-ee51-48b9-99ec-a560f85b0ef2"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70353?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "0bead8b488b4f4b29f381512e5450d6144764ac0d34f782a1508d55961c5ebf0"
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 1249 (53rd-2nd-regular) — campaign finance violations; appeals

## 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/0056.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1249P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1249S.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Judy Burges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-21** transmit to house
- **2018-03-20** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-21** 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/27781662-ee51-48b9-99ec-a560f85b0ef2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).