---
type: "Bill"
title: "tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality"
description: "tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1385"
citation: "Arizona SB 1385 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "APPEALS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "STATE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS", "TAX", "TAX APPEAL CONFIDENTIALITY", "TAX COURT", "TAXATION - TITLE 42"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David C. Farnsworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/946a4919-7821-46c9-af7e-64775c843c5d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70539?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "f7f12726836f1989f2211c4f39a44159df7fcd91e1827755fff77dd51479390f"
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 1385 (53rd-2nd-regular) — tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality

## 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/0218.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1385H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1385P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1385S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David C. Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** transmit to house
- **2018-02-21** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** transmit to senate
- **2018-02-22** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-09** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/946a4919-7821-46c9-af7e-64775c843c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).