---
type: "Bill"
title: "lieutenant governor; duties; ballot"
description: "lieutenant governor; duties; ballot"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1255"
citation: "Arizona SB 1255 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d183c2b7-9be1-4090-ac3f-6a912d92a855"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77146?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ce181e39b1fa14374e53959a08a0cca6b9ca6b16280ebe9ac28c3facc8424fe1"
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 1255 (55th-2nd-regular) — lieutenant governor; duties; ballot

## 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/0349.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/500200)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Bowie flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1255bowie0316.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1255mesnard1244.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1255s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **43–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (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`
- **2022-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-25** 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/d183c2b7-9be1-4090-ac3f-6a912d92a855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).