---
type: "Bill"
title: "school district consolidations; elections"
description: "school district consolidations; elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1073"
citation: "Arizona SB 1073 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICTS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "REPEAL", "SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97315d1b-b578-4866-a809-0e663e17a132"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71191?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "835792c653d11fd6c52ccfb15f9227a333fd6d75a3693f2b4eb2006cb5250f26"
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 1073 (54th-1st-regular) — school district consolidations; elections

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0116.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1073EDUCATION.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1073H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1073P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1073ED.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1073S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **53–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-17** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** w/d `withdrawal`
- **2019-03-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** transmit to house
- **2019-03-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-22** 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/97315d1b-b578-4866-a809-0e663e17a132`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).