---
type: "Bill"
title: "vacation rentals; short-term rentals; enforcement"
description: "vacation rentals; short-term rentals; enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "Arizona SB 1168 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f005f12a-a2f6-4d15-a142-ee5f31ac36fc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76654?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ae1906ff354551d50dd6f7443333f39c3e9459144d378e8003ede10804687cd9"
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 1168 (55th-2nd-regular) — vacation rentals; short-term rentals; enforcement

## 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/2r/laws/0343.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1168commerce.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Kaiser** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/500461)
4. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Kaiser - Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/500460)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1168h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1168p.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1168s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **41–9** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** DP `passage`
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-07-06** 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/f005f12a-a2f6-4d15-a142-ee5f31ac36fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).