---
type: "Bill"
title: "school buses; electrification; contracts"
description: "school buses; electrification; contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "Arizona SB 1246 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd683a05-87bf-4ba8-9826-efa567b95361"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77136?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "a8d77793a53948b4cdd6ddd43028afeaa129c2d51b712f409991be1b5d3492a8"
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 1246 (55th-2nd-regular) — school buses; electrification; contracts

## 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/0347.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by ED - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/499827)
3. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1246education.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1246h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1246p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1246ed.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1246s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **40–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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/bd683a05-87bf-4ba8-9826-efa567b95361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).