---
type: "Bill"
title: "teachers; short-term certificates; dismissals"
description: "teachers; short-term certificates; dismissals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1206"
citation: "Arizona SB 1206 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "DISMISSALS", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNING BOARD", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "SHORT-TERM CERTIFICATES", "TEACHER CERTIFICATION", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aea6336-2536-41ac-9822-ef04f03b453a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68981?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "bb4cea7225ffcb8e433377b5d7585e619834f6f9c6dbf8a8e0be44c4ff1b7f5e"
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 1206 (53rd-1st-regular) — teachers; short-term certificates; dismissals

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0069.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1206P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1206S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-24** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to house
- **2017-03-21** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-22** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aea6336-2536-41ac-9822-ef04f03b453a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).