---
type: "Bill"
title: "primary date; first August Tuesday"
description: "primary date; first August Tuesday"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1154"
citation: "Arizona SB 1154 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE", "ELECTION DATE", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "GENERAL ELECTION", "PRIMARY DATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f820703-fdb2-482c-aac7-3318b5625603"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71705?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "5a166c070b2df9edeed69e85149371b7320f156ca919fd06f3a978b9ec3fb384"
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 1154 (54th-1st-regular) — primary date; first August Tuesday

## 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/0246.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Townsend - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/469934)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1154H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1154P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1154GOWAN1104.docx.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1154S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **28–32** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **39–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** transmit to house
- **2019-03-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-05-02** failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 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/3f820703-fdb2-482c-aac7-3318b5625603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).