---
type: "Bill"
title: "school districts: procurement practices; auditors"
description: "school districts: procurement practices; auditors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITORS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "PROCUREMENT PRACTICES", "REPEAL", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Gray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8418ee-5b37-4906-83be-0e1b51fff6db"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71864?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "945ae0f309bfbb30da4201c85d136c74cf1111c347d57ad6f6b064e4e1611f39"
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 1256 (54th-1st-regular) — school districts: procurement practices; auditors

## 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/0085.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/H.1256LIEBERMAN.DOCX.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1256ED.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1256S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **45–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-04-09** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-09** 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/dd8418ee-5b37-4906-83be-0e1b51fff6db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).