---
type: "Bill"
title: "environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019"
description: "environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1525"
citation: "Arizona SB 1525 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGET", "BUDGET BILLS", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENT BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "THE ENVIRONMENT - TITLE 49", "WATER QUALITY FEE FUND", "WATERS - TITLE 45"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Yarbrough"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-30"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd4967a-545e-4dfd-81e0-7a566845dbb3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70940?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "1b96b888f93061c0327089c91bfb033b9df067c98a0b3cd1f0e8ed10484bb4f5"
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 1525 (53rd-2nd-regular) — environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019

## 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/0280.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1525P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1525S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **35–24** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Yarbrough — primary (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-03** 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/bbd4967a-545e-4dfd-81e0-7a566845dbb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).