---
type: "Bill"
title: "construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions"
description: "construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1271"
citation: "Arizona SB 1271 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "DWELLING ACTION", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Fann"]
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/da69c9b4-9f46-45fb-81bf-8a982dbb23ce"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70382?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "d79209346510999391462ec8eeea446a5c6e9ebc7a3e25a630b550d91d457435"
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 1271 (53rd-2nd-regular) — construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions

## 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/0336.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1271H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1271P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1271S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karen Fann — primary (person)
- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Mitzi Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Noel W. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** transmit to house
- **2018-03-08** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16** 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/da69c9b4-9f46-45fb-81bf-8a982dbb23ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).