---
type: "Bill"
title: "game and fish; licenses; fees."
description: "game and fish; licenses; fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1253"
citation: "Arizona SB 1253 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS - TITLE 5", "ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "FEES", "GAME AND FISH - TITLE 17", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "ARIZONA", "LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS", "LICENSES", "REVIEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/280a01f7-ae7e-448a-a0da-3bc1d3f53491"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70360?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "03e893fd41a71615a8d0d0bdf0c383ae6b48bc233410e377bfc3ab500b8ff05b"
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 1253 (53rd-2nd-regular) — game and fish; licenses; fees.

## 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/0103.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1253P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1253S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-13** transmit to house
- **2018-03-22** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-26** 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/280a01f7-ae7e-448a-a0da-3bc1d3f53491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).