---
type: "Bill"
title: "empowerment scholarships; qualified schools; reservations"
description: "empowerment scholarships; qualified schools; reservations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1224"
citation: "Arizona SB 1224 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS", "QUALIFIED SCHOOL", "RESERVATIONS", "RETROACTIVITY", "RULEMAKING", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb3dbe8f-2a59-418c-81ef-98723dea7067"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73452?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "023153ffdd9887e7beafa660bef107481584cc1be774965bac7c658dd7947b7c"
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 1224 (54th-2nd-regular) — empowerment scholarships; qualified schools; reservations

## 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/2R/laws/0012.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/H.1224FERNANDEZ.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - Appropriations - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/H.1224FRIESE.DOCX.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1224P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Allen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/adopted/S.1224FLOORALLEN S.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Corrected Brophy McGee flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/adopted/S.1224FLOORBROPHY MCGEE.docx.htm)
7. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/adopted/S.1224ED.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1224S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **13–17** (fail) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **27–31** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–27** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** FAILED `failure`
- **2020-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12** FAILED `failure`
- **2020-03-12** DP `passage`
- **2020-03-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-13** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-03-16** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-20** 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/eb3dbe8f-2a59-418c-81ef-98723dea7067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).