---
type: "Bill"
title: "state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus"
description: "state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1517"
citation: "Arizona SB 1517 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SONORASAURUS", "STATE DINOSAUR", "STATE EMBLEMS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1bfa05c-cba8-4a59-bc7a-a515fcc04a4a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70727?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "3d6324daaa8a20e911f90fa1fb29fa102dd584620c92e76645f0c053ef9eb98e"
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 1517 (53rd-2nd-regular) — state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus

## 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/0172.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1517P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1517S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **55–2** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)
- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony T. Kern — cosponsor (person)
- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Darin Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Don Shooter — cosponsor (person)
- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Syms — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Olivia Cajero Bedford — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Mosley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas R. Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Rivero — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to house
- **2018-04-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-04** 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/f1bfa05c-cba8-4a59-bc7a-a515fcc04a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).