---
type: "Bill"
title: "special education; cost study"
description: "special education; cost study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1254"
citation: "Arizona SB 1254 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "COST STUDY", "DELAYED REPEAL", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "SPECIAL EDUCATION", "SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f29ee01-ec42-4014-aa62-a00a00fcb45b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70362?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "6d643dfe239ebd7063ba599698a3b9367a2986373ab0fb829e2406fe11922851"
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 1254 (53rd-2nd-regular) — special education; cost study

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0335.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1254H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1254P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1254S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **35–25** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-01** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-04** 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/3f29ee01-ec42-4014-aa62-a00a00fcb45b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).