---
type: "Bill"
title: "ombudsman-citizens aide; continuation; reports; assistants"
description: "ombudsman-citizens aide; continuation; reports; assistants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1408"
citation: "Arizona SB 1408 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUATION", "OMBUDSMAN-CITIZENS AIDE", "PURPOSE", "REPEAL", "REPORT", "RETROACTIVITY", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TERMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David C. Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a7b440-35fc-452e-92fb-6e47e6035684"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73696?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "a58432018bd9234d1edc7a31ccc4cb48f190e4dbf2a19c8c276d5fcb2dc8c2f4"
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 1408 (54th-2nd-regular) — ombudsman-citizens aide; continuation; reports; assistants

## 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/0044.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1408P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1408S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **48–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David C. Farnsworth — primary (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Transmit to House
- **2020-02-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-17** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/d3a7b440-35fc-452e-92fb-6e47e6035684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).