---
type: "Bill"
title: "street lighting improvement districts; consolidation"
description: "street lighting improvement districts; consolidation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "Arizona SB 1281 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e8c9f0-6a4d-4f0e-98be-8f7ddad5a802"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70395?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "1f780bac2884541d4910557d067b8e73b05726c75ebf6a99f8d014a010a182d6"
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 1281 (53rd-2nd-regular) — street lighting improvement districts; consolidation

## 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/0187.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1281P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1281S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **53–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-15** transmit to house
- **2018-04-04** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-05** 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/45e8c9f0-6a4d-4f0e-98be-8f7ddad5a802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).