---
type: "Bill"
title: "school boards; sex offender registry"
description: "school boards; sex offender registry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1280"
citation: "Arizona SB 1280 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f70cd7-c3de-4790-a4ea-2ab318858236"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80794?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "42f14b1c26ffe0351a34c2f3cae93c2da964480c191711f754d64d49d8ab3f74"
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 1280 (56th-2nd-regular) — school boards; sex offender registry

## 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/2r/laws/0011.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/h.1280gutierrez.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1280p.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1280s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)
- Anthony Kern — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Mesnard — cosponsor (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Justine Wadsack — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Transmit to House
- **2024-02-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-03-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-19** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** 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/d6f70cd7-c3de-4790-a4ea-2ab318858236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).