---
type: "Bill"
title: "wage rates; technical correction"
description: "wage rates; technical correction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1278"
citation: "Arizona SB 1278 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6c0e311-6b04-4c81-8186-79bd6cafdd99"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77175?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "05cdd187eede3b8273c34e740029a4723bb63f57821ce94c9e09b2d804a9a923"
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 1278 (55th-2nd-regular) — wage rates; technical correction

## 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/0255.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by COM - passed as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498965)
3. **HOUSE - Commerce - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1278commerce.pdf)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to COM - Weninger - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498966)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1278h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1278p.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Commerce - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1278com.pdf)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1278s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-05-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** 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/f6c0e311-6b04-4c81-8186-79bd6cafdd99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).