---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 education; 2023-2024."
description: "K-12 education; 2023-2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1729"
citation: "Arizona SB 1729 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e47dba-ce4d-431a-a03b-8f3e8d12462d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79715?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "9645d276f69b02c6ad26ff895c6ee784c0617f68fd5c27cdeb684b04979608aa"
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 1729 (56th-1st-regular) — K-12 education; 2023-2024.

## 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/0142.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1729p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510060)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1729s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **14–16** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **14–16** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **43–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** FAILED `failure`
- **2023-05-10** FAILED `failure`
- **2023-05-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Transmit to House
- **2023-05-10** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e47dba-ce4d-431a-a03b-8f3e8d12462d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).