---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arizona power authority; report"
description: "Arizona power authority; report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "POWER", "REPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac9744e1-de23-4887-946d-7c7fcad2eb08"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69037?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "65487b75f4d087fcf4e6458cdd15329c8ee2484b7547a99c8cba29ef3a3eb0ac"
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 1256 (53rd-1st-regular) — Arizona power authority; report

## 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/0261.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1256S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-20** transmit to house
- **2017-04-25** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-26** 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/ac9744e1-de23-4887-946d-7c7fcad2eb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).