---
type: "Bill"
title: "state board; allegations of misconduct"
description: "state board; allegations of misconduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1659"
citation: "Arizona SB 1659 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shawnna Bolick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea4be7d1-559f-4cdc-af53-24f8881fa388"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83119?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "af55aeb4b5e8432db9ba0a1511115c15a5578012870f05dc57d531a14fd69647"
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 1659 (57th-1st-regular) — state board; allegations of misconduct

## 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/0115.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1659p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Bolick flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526992)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1659s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shawnna Bolick — 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`
- **2025-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-03** DP `informal-passage`
- **2025-04-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** 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/ea4be7d1-559f-4cdc-af53-24f8881fa388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).