---
type: "Bill"
title: "state warrants; substitute checks"
description: "state warrants; substitute checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1299"
citation: "Arizona SB 1299 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "PUBLIC FINANCES", "PUBLIC FINANCES - TITLE 35", "STATE WARRANTS", "SUBSTITUTE CHECKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f07b92a1-225d-48a7-878d-86e98d6e34a8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71909?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "20da988fb61e8f0acfd1e2d1c374e78c581c8084f9b836730523583068c3fbe0"
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 1299 (54th-1st-regular) — state warrants; substitute checks

## 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/0061.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1299P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Finance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1299FIN.DOCX.htm)
4. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1299FLOORMESNARD.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1299S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-04-03** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-04** 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/f07b92a1-225d-48a7-878d-86e98d6e34a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).