---
type: "Bill"
title: "security guards; private investigators; licensure"
description: "security guards; private investigators; licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1618"
citation: "Arizona SB 1618 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/815eb3d0-8110-4113-88c8-15a0eb1967fe"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83069?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "72d23b7c7239acb85d0dca71a5baa6ffecbcc4799068c7f158f34998f926e714"
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 1618 (57th-1st-regular) — security guards; private investigators; licensure

## 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/0012.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1618p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1618s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — 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`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-05** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-03-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-03-20** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** 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/815eb3d0-8110-4113-88c8-15a0eb1967fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).