---
type: "Bill"
title: "college savings program; name change"
description: "college savings program; name change"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1236"
citation: "Arizona SB 1236 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNUAL REPORT (H)", "ARIZONA'S EDUCATION SAVINGS PLAN", "AZ529", "COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "FAMILY COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM", "FUND", "HEADING CHANGE", "NAME CHANGE", "PLAN", "PUBLIC FINANCES - TITLE 35", "REQUIREMENTS (H)", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TREASURER (H)", "TRUST FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8bd1f35-6615-4a39-855b-b20ef3335993"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74968?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "2de559b8dcf981ccbebf8855122d0a79bb22ca29333002d7505a0d123664397f"
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 1236 (55th-1st-regular) — college savings program; name change

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0188.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1236P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1236S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** 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/f8bd1f35-6615-4a39-855b-b20ef3335993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).