---
type: "Bill"
title: "continuation; state department of corrections."
description: "continuation; state department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1401"
citation: "Arizona SB 1401 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3385a0-f6e8-4a6e-a897-c7c577c50fc9"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77337?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "b969284bf9ab4b383e3863812c233d4777a40245cc0b52d50e5b55cfafad4fa4"
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 1401 (55th-2nd-regular) — continuation; state department of corrections.

## 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/0327.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Bolick - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/500122)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/proposed/h.1401hernandez m.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1401h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1401p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/proposed/s.14010319mq.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1401s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **19–34** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **48–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DP `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`
- **2022-03-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-23** DP `passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 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
- **2022-06-28** 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/4d3385a0-f6e8-4a6e-a897-c7c577c50fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).