---
type: "Bill"
title: "employment security; employee; employer; status"
description: "employment security; employee; employer; status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1500"
citation: "Arizona SB 1500 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEES", "EMPLOYERS", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY", "LABOR - TITLE 23", "STATUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238561ec-3859-4e74-8140-88aac3e85702"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70711?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "834bb9b5160c5b0a0e9a5fea3cc752ebdb2da86ac0b9acea092e47cd3d9c3ea4"
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 1500 (53rd-2nd-regular) — employment security; employee; employer; status

## 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/0171.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1500P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1500S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **34–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to house
- **2018-04-04** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-04** 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/238561ec-3859-4e74-8140-88aac3e85702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).