---
type: "Bill"
title: "colleges; universities; free speech zones"
description: "colleges; universities; free speech zones"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1013"
citation: "Arizona SB 1013 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b49e6cdd-dfdf-4303-822d-01d398ca6edb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78056?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "d57f0b17b8d9a0428b1dcfc978db0c368dac814d11ea834157202350956f9cab"
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 1013 (56th-1st-regular) — colleges; universities; free speech zones

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0184.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Livingston - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/509302)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1013h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1013p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505584)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1013s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2023-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 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/b49e6cdd-dfdf-4303-822d-01d398ca6edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).