---
type: "Bill"
title: "municipal ordinances; penalties; notice"
description: "municipal ordinances; penalties; notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1601"
citation: "Arizona SB 1601 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "FINES (H)", "GOVERNING BODY", "MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES", "NOTICE", "PENALTIES", "PENALTY (H)", "VIOLATIONS (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d095632b-ff24-473e-9ca6-0342ff8541b7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75726?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "070353345095b3595cc887775c2f5a4061155f924e9647b2aa9b1e2462e84579"
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 1601 (55th-1st-regular) — municipal ordinances; penalties; notice

## 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/0150.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.1601KAVANAGH.DOCX.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1601P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1601S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** 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/d095632b-ff24-473e-9ca6-0342ff8541b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).