---
type: "Bill"
title: "public monies; recovery; illegal payments"
description: "public monies; recovery; illegal payments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1274"
citation: "Arizona SB 1274 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "ILLEGAL PAYMENTS", "LIABILITY", "PUBLIC FINANCES - TITLE 35", "PUBLIC MONIES", "RECOVERY OF EXPENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9728b02c-7462-4eed-b39c-850d4b080cdc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70388?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "529dc1b03b541bb1d59fe93fd72b7ed30321422bc2ac43162cd61e22f3454510"
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 1274 (53rd-2nd-regular) — public monies; recovery; illegal payments

## 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/0253.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1274H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1274P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1274S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warren Petersen — primary (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** transmit to house
- **2018-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-17** 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/9728b02c-7462-4eed-b39c-850d4b080cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).