---
type: "Bill"
title: "racetracks; ejection; exclusion; process"
description: "racetracks; ejection; exclusion; process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1144"
citation: "Arizona SB 1144 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EJECTION", "EXCLUSION", "HORSE RACING", "RACETRACKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David C. Farnsworth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6b72c5-5989-44ab-9c4d-75052d7b45a5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71694?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "22d96596b44d3b968fadc235e39cd3ea4e82f2258c0bd78d06f37fa74ac5535a"
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 1144 (54th-1st-regular) — racetracks; ejection; exclusion; process

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0197.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Cook - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470847)
3. **HOUSE - Land & Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1144LAND  AGRICULTURE.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1144H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1144P.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1144S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **53–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David C. Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** 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/cd6b72c5-5989-44ab-9c4d-75052d7b45a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).