---
type: "Bill"
title: "fire districts; financial reports; alternatives"
description: "fire districts; financial reports; alternatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1159"
citation: "Arizona SB 1159 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVES", "FINANCIAL REPORTS", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS - TITLE 48"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sonny Borrelli"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c441b1f0-6940-474f-9a59-ffbd5ce0988a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71714?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "aa13fb5a93b0ae9d0d893680b36b3a6c9d1dfd0f691a02771dd4e0e0eef7a5c8"
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 1159 (54th-1st-regular) — fire districts; financial reports; alternatives

## 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/0117.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1159GOVERNMENT.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1159H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1159P.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1159S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sonny Borrelli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-27** 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/c441b1f0-6940-474f-9a59-ffbd5ce0988a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).