---
type: "Bill"
title: "defensive driving schools; fees."
description: "defensive driving schools; fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1679"
citation: "Arizona SB 1679 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26ce5a6a-d3a8-450f-83bc-7742a32bb41a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81245?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "024b2dc5d50cf21c3249ba55f62cbe9b2ba58edea7aaf9f15463b182f5c89d44"
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 1679 (56th-2nd-regular) — defensive driving schools; fees.

## 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/0245.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Transportation & Infrastructure - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1679transportation  infrastructure.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1679h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1679p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519074)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1679s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **52–8** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-06-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 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/26ce5a6a-d3a8-450f-83bc-7742a32bb41a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).