---
type: "Bill"
title: "government communications; emergency response interpreters"
description: "government communications; emergency response interpreters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Arizona SB 1296 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "DISABILITIES", "EMERGENCY RESPONSE INTERPRETERS", "GOVERNMENT", "GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Bowie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f52d9dcf-b2c9-438a-a28c-0fdc1fc4f241"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70420?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "e842181f84c81969809601e279c8ca86b480dbb104876921fee216a2150c9171"
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 1296 (53rd-2nd-regular) — government communications; emergency response interpreters

## 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/0339.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1296P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1296S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sean Bowie — primary (person)
- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Olivia Cajero Bedford — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-14** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-04** 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/f52d9dcf-b2c9-438a-a28c-0fdc1fc4f241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).