---
type: "Bill"
title: "public safety; residency requirements; prohibition"
description: "public safety; residency requirements; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1231"
citation: "Arizona SB 1231 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS", "PEACE OFFICERS", "PROHIBITION", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT", "SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS - TITLE 48"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42bd16e-86e3-4477-94c1-0c361a98f7bb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71826?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "53e8fa0db58df6c5a20fc470a9ec20b821856f90e93b923ebe1b5df63c0e4e4a"
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 1231 (54th-1st-regular) — public safety; residency requirements; prohibition

## 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/0095.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Payne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470062)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1231H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1231P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Boyer flr amend (ref GOV) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1231FLOORBOYER.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1231GOV.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1231S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **47–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to house
- **2019-03-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-25** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** 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/f42bd16e-86e3-4477-94c1-0c361a98f7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).