---
type: "Bill"
title: "online instruction; virtual setting; assessments"
description: "online instruction; virtual setting; assessments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1457"
citation: "Arizona SB 1457 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Bennett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bb122a4-c03f-4db0-aaf8-7b39a472a841"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80996?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "47b3f32465a44a1afab5a847834c498c64a1f9584234cdfaffad573a2237ff97"
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 1457 (56th-2nd-regular) — online instruction; virtual setting; assessments

## 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/0239.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1457appropriations.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to APPROP - Livingston - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519771)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1457h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1457p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Bennett flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519103)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1457s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **35–20** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **27–31** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-06-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** 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/7bb122a4-c03f-4db0-aaf8-7b39a472a841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).