---
type: "Bill"
title: "certified teachers; braille literacy; requirements"
description: "certified teachers; braille literacy; requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1505"
citation: "Arizona SB 1505 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David C. Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81d7d8af-5e54-4889-ab14-0e30ccac0f9e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82935?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "fdc49be4656c56ad4ed3e38d4de4de7ae96c51fb4f773c9d8e97a02693a4b994"
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 1505 (57th-1st-regular) — certified teachers; braille literacy; requirements

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0109.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1505p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1505s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David C. Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** DP `informal-passage`
- **2025-03-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** 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/81d7d8af-5e54-4889-ab14-0e30ccac0f9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).