---
type: "Bill"
title: "vision screening; schools; appropriation"
description: "vision screening; schools; appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1456"
citation: "Arizona SB 1456 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATION", "CHILDREN", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "SCHOOLS", "VISION SCREENING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cbd8d39-b331-4a89-843c-a854320f4983"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72116?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "6022c552a6d8eee254cb67d8e6507d8160adcb5c1801fabe2c6b44e32285a220"
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 1456 (54th-1st-regular) — vision screening; schools; appropriation

## 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/0316.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Barto - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/471750)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1456H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1456P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Allen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1456ALLEN S0947.docx.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1456S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **56–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** transmit to house
- **2019-03-14** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** 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/4cbd8d39-b331-4a89-843c-a854320f4983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).